supposed to be an example of what the constitution is about. guest: it's an interesting point on this issue. i don't think you see lobbyists -- certainly there is a lot of question about whether lawmakers are beholden or adding provisions to help one company in their state. the 30 or 40, house republicans that everybody points to as being the reason why we have been driven to this point who are dead set on dismantling or defunding the president's health-care law, they are listening to their constituents. what they are telling you is they are from red districts where people feel that dismantling the president's health-care law is more important than funding the government and/or raising the debt ceiling. host: phil mattingly, thank you for your time. we continue to look. the chair lays before the house

a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., october 3, 2013. i hereby appoint the honorable gregg harper to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. . blumenauer: mr. speaker, the floor of this house has been the scene of many heated

exchanges of late. the shutdown controversy around the affordable care act, budget differences, but in the midst of some real tension and frustration, there was a bright spot last evening. i was pleased that there was unanimous consent agreement to approve h.r. 3233, that i produced with representative adam kinsinger, that kept the special immigrant visa program alive for iraqi nationals who helped the united states during the war effort at great peril to themselves and their families. these are the interpreters, the guides, drivers, people who performed a myriad of functions that were essential for american operations, both militarily, diplomatically, and for our development efforts. since i introduced the first legislation on these refugees six years ago, i watched impatiently as the flawed special immigrant visa program

has sputtered, leaving iraqis and afghans twisting in the wind, trying to escape those countries away from people with long memories who seek to do them harm. then, monday night it died. september 30, the visa program for the iraqis expired. after 72 hours of activity, last night the united states sent a signal that we were not going to leave them behind. last night, congress came together, the house and the senate, republican and democrat, to make it possible to uphold our end of the bargain. but unfortunately the program still is horribly flawed, disastrously slow and in dire need of reform, but we can take heart that the bipartisan

leadership displayed on this issue might make it possible for us to actually make it work. i would thank my colleagues, adam kinzinger, tulsi gabbard, chris gibson, steny hoyer and others who stepped in during this tumultuous time to make sure that the project conditioned. despite what was going on behind the scene, there were many staff without whose tireless dedication to doing the right thing this would never happen. i would like to thank robert in leader cantor's office, mariah sixkiller in steny hoyer's and chad in haw, senator shaheen's office, the senator that spearheaded the effort on the other side of the aisle. and off the hill, there were veterans, veterans like matt

zeller who was not going to let the person he depended on in iraq suffer that fate. organizations off the hill like the iraqi refugee assistance rogram, and their staff, katie risinge and becky, were invaluable of keeping the progress going. it was kind that chairman goodlatte, the committee chair, introduced the unanimous consent request. there was lots of scrambling, many items, loose ends but somehow we were able to follow through with this small but critical step to keep the program alive. now, the challenge is to finally make it work for these desperate iraqis and afghans. kirk johnson's book "to be a friend is fatal: the iraqis that america left behind," is a call to action.

it details what we need to do to meet our obligations. in the midst of all the controversy and frustration here on capitol hill, we were able to come together for a brief moment this evening. let's not let the shutdown overshadow the myriad of details that are important, even life and death, for people at home and abroad. those who risk their lives for the american mission in iraq and afghanistan deserves our best efforts. last night we saw a glimpse of it. i hope we're able to follow through. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. brooks, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i am privileged to represent redstone, one of america's premiere military bases and home of the army materiel

command, security assistance command, contracting command, expeditionary contracting command, space and missile defense command and numerous other program executive offices, agencies and centers. according to the department of defense, quote, of the department's 800,000 civilian workers, about half will be furloughed. end quote. that means president obama, our commander in chief, in his sole discretion publicly declared that roughly 400,000 d.o.d. civilian employees are not essential to america's national security. while i disagree and question why any commander in chief would in his sole discretion sleight 400,000 defense workers by declaring them superfluous, that is not why i address the house of representatives today. what i want to do, why does president obama, senate democrat leader harry reid, and their allies shut down the

department of defense? let me elaborate. almost four months ago the house of representatives passed h.r. 1960, the national defense 315-108 ion act on a bipartisan vote. 103 house democrats, a democrat majority, joined 212 republicans to pass the national defense authorization act. on july 24, 2013, almost three months ago, the house passed h.r. 2397, the defense appropriations bill, on a 315-109 bipartisan vote. 95 house democrats joined 220 republicans in passing the defense appropriations bill. i publicly think the house democrats who supported the programs and funding that help america's war fighter protect american lives. collectively, these bills restore funding loss because of

sequestration and fully funds america's military and national defense if these defense bills become law, then national defense is exempt from president obama's shutdown orders. unfortunately, there is an unhappy ending to the house's bipartisan support for national defense. democrat senate jord leader harry reid needlessly obstructs votes on both bills, thus causing them to languish three and four months in the united states senate. senate intransigence means the department of defense is part of president obama's shutdown orders and 400,000 defense orders, as of today, barred from helping our war fighters who risk their lives for america both here and abroad. each day, these 400,000 defense workers do not work is another day america's war fighters are without their help, is another delay that denies our war fighters the cutting edge and high-tech weaponry needed to defeat america's enemies with

the minimal loss of life. mr. speaker, democrat senator harry reid should stop his obstructionism and allow a vote, just a vote, on the defense bills that have passed the house of representatives with bipartisan support. if he does, both bills will pass and become law and national defense will be fully funded and exempt from president obama's shutdown orders. mr. speaker, the senate, white house and congress agree on close to 99% of our appropriation bills. the white house and senate must stop using a federal government shutdown and the loss of 400,000 national defense jobs to coerce the house of representatives into spending money america does not have on a socialized medicine program that does not work and that a majority of americans do not want. the responsible thing to do is fund the 99%, end the federal government shutdown and debate and negotiate the 1% that we legitimately disagree on. mr. speaker, i urge democrat

senate majority leader harry reid to join our bipartisan house effort to compromise, yes, compromise and pass the national defense authorization act, the defense appropriations bill, thereby securing america's national security while at the same time restoring 400,000 jobs america's economy sorely needs. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. bera, for five minutes. mr. bera: thank you, mr. speaker. it's day number three, day number three of a government shutdown that doesn't need to happen. mr. speaker, we need leadership, we don't need the blame game. and yet that's what we're seeing. republicans blaming democrats, democrats blaming republicans. the house blaming the senate, the senate blaming the house, the house blaming the president. that isn't getting us anywhere.

and to the american people, they're not saying, oh, it's the democrats' fault or the republicans' fault. they're saying, why can't you do your job? why can't you come together as democrats and republicans, bring your best ideas forward and compromise, negotiate? what this house is doing, what congress is doing is reckless. it's irresponsible. we need to start putting the american people's interests first because they're the ones that we work for. that's who sent us here. not asking anyone to give up their convictions. we all have our convictions and we all have our districts and the people back home. what we're asking for the members in this body, the republicans and the democrats, is to think about the country. now is the time for us to put the american people first. that means we've got to be able to come forward and understand

and learn how to listen. it's hurting real people. let me actually -- i'm a doctor, by training, and i look at this from the perspective of being a doctor and the american patients. as reported in my hometown newspaper, "the sacramento bee" hospital, u.c. hospital, in the form of clinical trials sponsored by the national institutes can be a matter of life and death. and a federal agency has closed the doors for the duration. ne of my colleagues at the u.c.-davis lung center, lung cancer specialist, said we've got people that have been told to go home. the program has been shut down. now, i know yesterday you brought a bill to the floor, a resolution that restored

partial funding to the n.i.h. for six months -- three months, through december, but as a doctor, cancer patients are not looking at three months. they need some certainty. we need some certainty in the practice of medicine when we're sitting with our patients. so i implore this body to come together as democrats and republicans to think about those patients, to think about those americans who are being hurt by our inability to do our job. now, i'm going to continue, as a democrat, i'm going to continue to talk to my republican colleagues and see how we can move forward. but inflammatory rhetoric and the blame game is not getting us anywhere. we have to learn to speak to one another and we have to learn how to put the american people ahead of political parties. that's who we work for. the oath i took as a doctor is

born out of foundation of two solid principles, benevolence, to do good. nonmalfeasance, to do no harm. mr. speaker, congress' inability to get the job done is during irreparable harm to the americans and to american patients and we certainly are not doing any good by not getting a budget put together and getting america back on track. let's do our job. let's do what the american people sent us here to do. let's work together as republicans and democrats and learn how to listen to one another again and do the work of the american public. mr. speaker, the public is watching. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. mica, for five minutes. mr. mica: thank you, mr. speaker, and my colleagues. pleased to hear the gentleman from california, from the other

side of the aisle, who just spoke, and his willingness to work together. i think that's the kind of cooperation that the american people are looking for and that congress needs to adhere to in coming to together and resolving this. no one wants a shutdown. no one wants to see vital and essential government programs eliminated. or withheld from the public. sometimes in these situations that are most difficult you actually become concerned about basic common sense or, again, the attempts of certain people to try to embarrass each side. i think one of the worst things i have seen in my service was the close down of some of our memorials, probably won't show up for my colleagues very well, but this is the martin luther

king memorial. you just walk up and look at it. but to deploy interior and park personnel to put out barriers to constrain the public from even walking is absolutely senseless, mindless bureaucratic move. many people saw also the construction, and this again is not a very good photo, but this is park personnel that were deployed putting fences up in front of the lincoln memorial. and then most offensively to put barriers to block in an open air park memorial or world war ii veterans memorial, this is senseless. i talked to mr. issa, the oversight subcommittee and committees, both, i chair one, mr. issa chairs the whole

oversight committee of congress. i know mr. hastings is going to look into this, his natural resources committee. but this is a senseless offense to the fern people, particularly -- american people, particularly our veterans and others. there is no reason for this. so some common sense has to prevail in all of this. we will get beyond this. people will be made whole. and it is unfortunate that sometimes the government, whether it was back in washington's days or throughout our history, does work on a brinksmanship basis, and does not get to resolution, particularly when you come to difficult times. my colleagues, we are at one of the most difficult times in history. within the next two weeks the united states of america will be at our debt limit. we'll be $17 trillion in debt.

they are going to come and ask for another $1 trillion for a year to keep us from being a deadbeat nation. how did we get here? that's part of the question that has to be resolved here. you had an era of unprecedented spending. the four years of which the other side, and this is fact, took control. they spent $1.5 trillion more than they took in the first year in office. $1.4 trillion, $1.3 trillion and so on and so on until we have gone from $9 trillion in debt to $17, reaching $18 almost double in five or six years. that's unsustainable. so that's what this is about. it's also about a health care program -- i come from a family that at times didn't have health care. many americans need health care. and we should be able to provide them. but people didn't ask for a

bureaucracy. people didn't ask for thousands of bureaucrats here to manage a government program. they didn't ask for i.r.s. enforcers. they didn't ask for many of the mandates that are in this bill that can and need to be revised. the president has already revised the law. the president has said he didn't need the congress, as you'll recall, some time ago. and obviously he hasn't. he's changed some of the terms. given exemses to employer -- exemptions to employers, put that off for a year which was part of the law. we have asked, again some of us wanted a repeal, some of us didn't like it, but we now have it. we need to revise it and we need to make certain that americans have good health care and access to affordable care. but not with the bureaucracy. we have offered at least three alternatives and some changes, the last one pretty simple.

delay for a while the individual mandate like we have done for others. we can do this. we must do this. and we must succeed for the american people. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline, for five minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. we are now on our third day of the republican shutdown of the federal government. my constituents and people across this country are disgusted with what they are seeing. the absence of an agreement on a simple idea, the american people have a right to a government that is open to serve them. but our government's closed. 800,000 men and women across the country have been placed on furlough because speaker boehner and the house republican leadership will not bring up a clean continuing resolution to fund the government and keep the federal government opened. now, i'd like to talk a little bit about what that means for my constituents. first to say i have extended

office hours in my district office from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to be sure that my constituents have whatever help i can provide during this government shutdown, to help navigate some of the federal government. that is being staffed by my employees. no guarantee they'll be paid. but i want to talk this morning about how we got here not to assign blame to one side or the other, but to suggest how we move forward. because we have heard from the speaker this last few days and many of the republican leaders that they just want to compromise. if the democrats would be willing to compromise and go to conference committee this would work out. republicans are interested in delaying health care reform and cutting spending, and the democrats refuse to negotiate on these issues. this is actually completely false. in fact, look at this chart. we began with spending in the president's budget of $1.2 trillion. you can see how far there's already been compromise from the democrats down from the enacted spending to the ryan budget to the senate budget and

finally to the continuing resolution, which is very close to the ryan budget. not a budget amount that we agree with, but something we are willing to compromise on. and this is, in fact, a budget, there was a budget passed by the house, a budget passed by the senate, and we passed no budget, no pay, which i was a co-sponsor, to make sure this budget process proceeded. the speaker has refused since that happened to appoint conferees to a budget committee. that's the next step. that's how we get a budget. to appoint conferees who have the responsibility of working out a compromise. back in april, april 17, a copy of the letter, the ranking member, chris van hollen, wrote .o the speaker urging him just moments before the shutdown happened, republicans said let's go to conference on the funding bill, the continuing resolution. not on the budget.

that of course was a vote to shut down the government bought that wasn't going to happen in 45 minutes. the government shut down and this is now day three. you have to wonder, why is it that the republicans have refused to pass a clean funding bill that we are calling for? one member of the house republican caucus said, i quote, now that we have jumped off the cliff and lit ourselves on fire, we have entered the valujetly of the shadow of death, we have to keep running and hold together, end quote. mr. speaker, our country is facing very serious challenges today. men and women in towns across our country don't know where to find work. don't know if they'll be able to go to work. seniors are nervous about whether he they can he rely on social security and medicare. young people are worried about whether they can afford to go to college. these issues are far too important for republicans to refuse to negotiate simply as a matter of pride. every member of this house needs to put aside political posturing and act in the best

interests of the people who sent us here. rather than coming together to support commonsense solutions and policies that would strengthen our contry, speaker boehner and the republicans have decided to shut down the federal government until they are able to undermine the affordable care act. for them it's become an obsession. earlier this week one house republican called the affordable care act, i quote, the most insidious law known to man, end quote. house republicans compared this debate to the terrorist attacks of september 11. and when he held the floor for 21 hours, senator ted cruz innoked -- invoked the horrors of world war ii and the nazi regime when talking about health care reform. this kind of hyperbole has no brace in a serious discussion about the future of our country. for weeks we have heard the republicans would he refuse to fund the government until he they dismantled or defunded the affordable care act. this became their party's

mantra until two days ago. two days ago the republicans stopped trying to defund obamacare for the first time and started to try to carve out programs to fund one by one. the very reason they brought this government to a screeching halt and closed it down is all of a sudden gone. so i ask my colleagues today, what's the problem now? what's the hold up on passing a clean funding bill? to reopen government and then go to conference to work out all of the differences on many important policy issues. and so, mr. speaker, i ask my republican colleagues, my friends on the other side of the aisle, to do what's right for our country and demand that the speaker bring a funding bill to the floor to open government and pass this resolution today. i thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. rothfus, for five minutes. mr. rothfus: i ask unanimous consent to address the house. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it's day lee of

senator reid's government shutdown. the american people are frustrated, western pennsylvanians are frustrated. i am frustrated. make no mistake. there is a choice here. the house's solution embraces fairness for all. the senate spending bill protects special deals for washington, d.c. the house passed four reasonable compromises to keep the government opened. our latest solution ends the special deal that president obama cut for senators and representatives. it also gives individuals and families the same break from the health care law that president obama gave to big business. senator reid could reopen the government today. unfortunately he refuses to compromise. in fact, he said yesterday that

he is locked in tight. senator reid is locked in tight on those special breaks for big business and senators and representatives. this is an outrage. mr. speaker, as i answer the phones in my office, i hear from constituents who tell me that there should be no special deals. there should be fairness for all. the american people deserve better from their senators. it is time for the senate to end special deals, embrace fairness for all, and reopen this government. i thank the speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from oregon, ms. bonamici, for five minutes. ms. bonamici: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this is day three of a completely unnecessary

government shutdown. about 800,000 people don't know if they'll have a paycheck at the end of the week. basic government services are being denied to hundreds of -- denied, hundreds of millions of dollars wasted. moms who count on w.i.c. are being hurt. head start providers are closing. families trying to buy a home are turned away. small businesses needing loans are told to wait. this could all end in about 20 minutes if we do just -- could just vote on the compromise that already passed the senate. is it perfect? no. it funds the government at levels below the budget passed by democrats in the senate and proposed by democrats in the house. it keeps in place the across-the-board cuts triggered by sequestration, which i didn't vote for and do not support. but i am willing to support this bill, this compromise, this so-called clean continuing resolution, because we are

damaging the country by this shutdown and we need to reopen the government. and why is the government shut down? people don't understand this. because some of my colleagues want to defund, delay, and deny the affordable care act. mr. speaker and colleagues, we took an oath here when we were sworn into the office, we took an oath to support the constitution. and according to the constitution, when a bill passes both chambers and signed into law by the president, it becomes the law. we learned that in basic civics. the affordable care act is a duly passed, signed by the president, and upheld by the supreme court law. . so if you don't like a law, how do you change it? through the legislative process. draft legislation, have hearings, mark it up, put it up for a vote, that's how this body ought to function. how not to change laws? by shutting down the federal

government. who on earth could be proud of what we're doing here? who could look at this and be proud? i tell you, the american people, in fact, people around the world are watching. they've seen bitterness and ranker. they've heard oversimplification and a lot of misinformation. it is time to stop governing by cynicism and crisis. it's time to realize what is happening here is beneath the dignity of this chamber and this body. it's time to restore democracy. mr. speaker and colleagues, the american people do not deserve this shutdown. there are enough members of the republican and democratic caucuses to open this government right now. mr. speaker, let us vote. let's pass the senate amendment to the continuing resolution, let's reopen the government of this united states of america and let's do it now. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back.

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. flores, for five minutes. mr. flores: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to talk about what real-world people in texas district 17 from texas is saying. leonard writes, government is too big, government needs to get out of our lives, repeal obamacare. whatever the costs, it will be less than the negative effect it will have on this country and on all americans. lance and tamara write, we'd like to say our disdain for the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. although we have health insurance that meets the standard of care, we also know that this health care program will adversely affect many young people who are starting out in life and may not have adequate care that meets the standard. while we do not believe that taxpayers or health care providers should fund the bill for those who don't have health care, the a.c.a. is clearly not the solution. any program that federally

mandates health care and involves punitive sanctions by way of the i.r.s. on tax returns should be considered a crime. it will neither help the poor nor the wealthy that will suffer the negative impact of this plan but rather the young, the working and tax-paying family that earns just enough to survive. we believe that a bad plan is worse than no plan, and congress should continue to oppose and repeal the a.c.a., if it means the continuation of the government shutdown. we received a letter from president obama in which he clearly blamed the u.s. house for the shutdown and where he accepted no responsibility. we cannot abide by this president and do not support him or his self-serving ideologies. john from college station writes, no to obamacare. mike from hewitt writes, please hold the line against the affordable care act. do not give in. berry from pleugerville said, the affordable care act was passed in the middle of the night and without the support

of the american people. i'm calling on you as one of your constituents to stop this legislation and defunding its implementation until the law can be repealed and replaced with legislation that benefits the citizens of the united states of america. you were elected in office to represent the values and needs of those of us who live in your state and your district. the passage of this legislation was something the lawmakers took when sworn into office and i hope you'll do the right thing now from stepping the bill being fully implement and have real reform based on free market principles and not by government interference. americans enjoy the best health care system in the world and this legislation harms the very people it is intended to help. marlin from college station writes, i hope you can repeal this plan that is a disaster to employers, employees and our health care system. jack writes, mr. flores, please do all in your power to help

fund the government and please do not fund obamacare. as seniors, we cannot afford the increased premiums for health insurance coverage. one writes, i am a small business owner from waco. i see the horrible ramifications on obamacare for small businesses. please stand strong and fight against obamacare. one writes, obamacare must be defunded before it hurts our health care system and our way of life. my insurance will increase 42% in 2014 and who knows where it goes from there. as a citizen of the united states, i do not want my tax dollars to fund a train wreck. we simply cannot afford it. please convince your fellow representatives they are destroying the working class. there is now with a this is good for all of us. a young man from brazos county writes, my current premium with a $5,000 deductible costs $360 per month. this was canceled due to obamacare. when trying to apply for

obamacare, he got two new quotes. the first was one with $12,700 deductible and costs $691 a month. when he tried to find a lower deductible, he found an option with a $4,500 deductible and a cost of $854 per month. essentially the same coverage for almost 2 1/2 times what he was paying before. mr. speaker, since september 20, the house has approved on a bipartisan basis eight bills to fund all or part of the federal government. but all but one of these have been blocked bihari reid and the senate. -- by harry reid and the senate. my colleagues have been called arsonnists, anarchists, extortionists and terrorists. we have been told we have bombs strapped to my chest. when i was growing up, i was taught if you were calling people names then that meant you had nothing meaningful to say. this fight is about fairness, mr. speaker. first, the americans believe that if a delay for business

that gave them $14 billion for a benefit was good enough for business it ought to be good for everybody by delaying the individual mandate for a year. secondly, if obamacare is good enough for the american people, it is good enough for the president, the vice president and all members of congress. mr. speaker, i ask for all americans pray for this country during these difficult times and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. and good morning. doing ker, what we are here in congress may not be unconstitutional, but it is unconscionable. for us to cionable have a wholesale shutdown of the government and a piecemeal startup. it is unconscionable to pit

needy americans against needy americans. it's unconscionable. it may be lawful to single out some and say you are among the fortunate that we will best today, but it's unconscionable. it is wrong. it may be lawful but it's not right. it is wrong to decide that persons who happen to be poor, who need w.i.c., who need the very sustenance that people acquire to exist, food, clothing and shelter, it's wrong to say you are not blessed today, your time will come but not today. it may be constitutional but it's unconscionable. it is unconscionable for us in the richest country of the

world to conclude that a mother $15,000 child making -- $15,080, working full time and living below the poverty for it's unconscionable us to push a system that will cause her to work full time and not have insurance. obamacare, the affordable care act, by any name you call it, will allow that mother to get insurance for herself and her child. may not be unconstitutional to adhere to a principle that would cause the repeal of the affordable care act. it is unconscionable, however, to do so in such a way as to prevent this mother from having insurance for her child. i came to congress to represent everybody, and this includes those who makes $7.25 an hour.

i came to congress to represent those who wait tables and make there are 2.13 an hour, plus ips. it's unconscionable for those that make $2.13 in the richest country of the world and not let them get health insurance. that's what the affordable care act does, it lets them get insurance. and i must remind you all, my dear friend -- i love everyone who sits on that side of the aisle, i love every one of them, but i want to tell you this. mark my word, dr. king was right. leif is an inescapeable network of mutuality. what impacts one directly impacts all indirectly. and while you can sit at home in comfort, assuming that it

does not impact you, i assure you the way the arc of the moral universe has been developed, it will impact you sooner or later. you're not worried about wall street right now. but when wall street takes a hit, it's going to eventually trickle down to every one of us . worry about home street. i do. worry about main street. that's ok. but i'm not going to put wall street above home street, where people live, and it's time for us to quit pushing a piecemeal startup for a wholesale shutdown. this is the richest country in the world. we shouldn't carry on like this. it's time for us to move forward and end the shutdown.

let's have free and fair and open negotiations. let's not do it with the threat of the demise of the government at stake. let's do it with everybody's intent and mine. let's not pick and choose. let's not say one is blessed today and another will be blessed tomorrow. let's share the blessings of this nation with all of the people that we represent. and finally, dr. king reminded us that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. i say to my veteran friends whom i support, you should not feel good knowing that somebody has decided to bless you at the expense of somebody else. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby, for five minutes.

mrs. roby: mr. speaker, i rise this morning to express my frustration and the frustration of my constituents over the stalemate here in washington. it didn't have to come to this. the house has put forth four proposals to the senate, each one offering a compromise to the other side. time after time senator reid stone walled our efforts to forge a compromise and prevent a shutdown. when house republicans passed legislation that simply asked senate democrats to just simply come to the table to negotiate, senator reid said no. everyone knows that republicans and democrats don't see eye to eye on every spending issue. however, there is a lot that we do agree on, like funding critical care for cancer research, the national parks, veteran services, national guardsmen and reservists. and when we have drafted stand-alone bills funding these

efforts, we saw support from some senate democrats, but, again, mr. reid said no. so first we couldn't get mr. reid to negotiate over what we disagree on, and today we can't him to even consider that what we do agree on. mr. speaker, i don't know how many more olive branches we have left on the tree, but today we are going to offer more. we've already worked to ensure that young boys and girls who need cancer treatments from the national institutes of health receive the life-saving medicine they deserve. today we'll work to protect our nation's military men and women who have served so honorably in combat only to have their hard-earned benefits denied to them by partisan bickering. finally and most importantly, we will work to end this shutdown, not just for some americans but for all americans because, mr. speaker, this has always been an issue of fairness. so our message to president

obama is, you are willing to sit down with big business and insurance companies to issue delays and exemptions from the health care law, why will you refuse to negotiate with us and give us the same reprieve to regular americans? our message to the majority leader reid is, you worked swiftly to pass the stand-alone funding bill for active duty soldiers. why not not work with us to pass similar bills for veterans, our national guardsmen and reservists, cancer research, our national parks? the people deserve better, mr. speaker, than president obama and majority leader reid's refusal to work toward bipartisan compromise. enough is enough. pass these noncontroversial spending bills, come to the negotiating table, let's talk, let's demonstrate fairness to the american people, let's work together and let's end this shutdown. mr. speaker, i yield back.

. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: thank you, mr. speaker. the word of the day is squander, defined broadly as the majority party having the votes to pass solutions that fit what america needs and wants, but instead moves forward with an approach to appease an angry faction of their party and in doing so advances nothing but its own political shortsightedness while making a mockery out of public policy. squander. in the house we have had political theater of a piecemeal approach where parks and cures for life threatening diseases are used as rhetorical props. but this approach has done nothing to address the real danger to our national security and how this shutdown hinders our ability to keep americans

safe from terrorists. the government shutdown has furloughed 70% of the intelligence community. 70% of the civilians in the intelligence community. the director of the national intelligence called the government shutdown a quote, dream land, unquote, for enemies that want to steal our nation's secrets and said it, quote, seriously damages our ability to protect the security and safety of this nation and its citizens. and with each passing day he thinks the damage becomes more insidious. well, here we are talking about parks, talking about our venerable veterans. we haven't said a word, really, about our intelligence community. we have basically, and i say this to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, you

have put out the welcome mat for every terrorist around this world to know that right now we are vulnerable. maybe it was a clever concept behind closed doors several weeks ago. the -- delay the individual mandate of the affordable health care act for one year in trade for the house g.o.p. approval for the government funding bill. ignore the fact that the affordable care act is law and attempts to repeal it over 50 times have failed. ignore the fact that the u.s. supreme court has already ruled it is constitutional. ignore the fact that 72% of the american people do not want to have the government shut down over the affordable care act. ignore john mccain who said, obamacare will not be repealed and it is irrational to think so. ignore the fact that on the same day that my friends on the

other side of the aisle were patting themselves on the back for shutting down the government, the health care marketplaces around this country were overloaded, more than 10 million people were on that website and calling that telephone number because they want health insurance. my friends, to ignore is to be ignorant in this case, but take note. the real pain has started with the shuttering of many government services, the furloughing of 800,000 workers, and the real threat that people who depend on partial government assistance will get nothing. we are leagues, squandering this moment to lead. those on the other side of the aisle that are the majority are squandering their majority and replacing their principle views of government with fruitless extremist objectives. mr. speaker, the last time i

looked, senator cruz was not a member of the house of representatives. but somehow it appears that he is running the show over here. the shutdown is keeping people from seeing their families. in san francisco, dave donahue, planned to take his wife and 11-day-old child to meet the grandmother in mexico. baby mayo doesn't have a passport, and the passport office is closed. so they are going to have to forgo that trip. danny, a retired beat cop from philadelphia, brought to washington, d.c. by his daughter and son-in-law because he had just lost his wife of cancer, was here to see the washington monuments, except now he's seeing them all from the outside. never going to go in to see the air and space museum. what do we tell victoria thomas, 26, who has a 4-year-old daughter who cannot

find childcare now because there have been nine head start programs that have been closed? i can't afford childcare with my limited resources, she said, as a single mom who is studying for a master's degree in business, and she worries her daughter will fall behind. she's learning so much, she says. the program is preparing her for kindergarten next year. mr. speaker, the word is squander, and it's time for us to reopen the government. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio, mr. win strup, for five minutes. -- mr. wenstrup for five minutes. mr. wenstrup: thank you, mr. speaker. we have heard much debate over the last week, arguments and accusations being made from both sides. i have heard references to being terrorists, to jihad, and to having bombs strapped to our chests. mr. speaker, i spent one year in 2005-2006, perhaps thed

bloodiest time of the war, as an army combat surgeon in iraq. in this chamber i see no terrorists, no jihad, nor any bombs strapped to chests. if you have been to war, you would not use such rhetoric here. mr. speaker, colleagues, we have engaged in so much debate concerning the affordable care act. we have addressed it from every angle the affordability, methods of implementation, those that may benefit, and those that will not. i contended that as a nation we should have focused on who is uncared for in our nation and how we provide care. addressing the uninsured would certainly fall under this framework. and i have contended a forum, a mere piece of paper that says you have insurance or a plan does not mean that you have access to care, nor does it mean you have coverage for treatment. many from one side of the aisle have said, you lost the

election, get over it. indeed, the republicans lost the presidential election. and i'm over it. however all of us in this body won elections. each of us was elected to serve the american people as well. and while the president has a seat at the head of the table, he does not have the only seat at the table. and we all need to take our seats at the table. i look forward not backward, except to learn from history. i'm over the presidential election. what i'm not over is what we are becoming. what we are becoming is of great concern to me, as much concern to me as the affordable care act itself. i have a concern about who we are and what we consider to be right and what we think is wrong. and i hope that everyone has taken the opportunity to look at our o past, our glorious history is all around us. as you look around and you review our great history, you see the legacies left from

previous generations. what is our legacy? what will this generation, this congress leave behind? will it be that we have a disregard for the law? a disregard for laws that we voted on and signed? waivers, exemptions, special subsidies all of which show a disregard for applying laws equally as well as a disregard for the rule of law. applying laws equally, the rule of law. the very ideals that americans have proudly touted for over two centuries. are we deciding to abandon these core values? is this the way we want to carve out our chapter in american history? the history of a great nation, a nation that was formed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people. this concept and the freedom that comes with it requires a level of responsibility in order to sustain it. pope john paul ii when visiting america in 1995 spoke of the freedom we enjoy and the

responsibility that comes with it, and he summed it up by saying, freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. i pray that the rule of law and equality for all americans are fundamental principles that are etched in all of our hearts. with the foundation of these principles and the civility that accompanies such, we are obligated to come together to find common ground and to talk to one another. lord willing, we will. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. heck, for five minutes. mr. heck: thank you, mr. speaker. in the run-up to the government shutdown and now into day three, i've sensed a gamut of

emotions coursing through the vains of this institution, including emotional fatigue and frustration and outrage. you can tell there's outrage because of the elevated decibel level. and for some of us as well is the emotion of sadness. i don't know how you can help but feel otherwise if you keep in mind what the consequences of our inaction are having beyond the doors of this chamber. they are affecting real people, and they are having real consequences. i have the unbelievable privilege to represent joint base lewis mccord in washington, state, and tens of thousands of service members and civilian employees who support them there. the civilian employees already .xperienced furlough days

just a few weeks ago i spoke to one of those individuals. as a consequence of the furlough she lost her car. i am not sure what the consequence of government shutdown will be on her life. you know, we tend to think of those people, i suspect here, often as what we would call gs-10's or 12's or 14's. that's not the case. the preponderance of them are gs-2's and 3's and 4's, and a protracted shutdown will materially alter their lives. eal people, real consequences. yesterday we received an email from a woman who is the w.i.c., women, infant, children, provider in our area. she has already had 16 phone

calls from moms who are scared they are not going to be able to feed their children. women, infants, children. real people. real consequences. and as well the wheels of commerce are grinding. we have been in contact with a commercial real estate person who is helping a person -- another person start up a propane distribution business in one of the communities in my district. he has one step left to go, that's a successful s.b.a. application, which appears likely except for he's one more data point to submit, one more from the internal revenue service. which is not available to him now. he cannot submit. he cannot start his business. he cannot grow the economy. real people.

real consequences. so i'm sad. i'm sad because i know this does not have to be. i know, mr. speaker, that sitting up on that desk is a bill passed by the senate last friday, a clean, comprehensive bill which would reopen the federal government. you know what else i know? and every single member of this chamber knows as well. t has the votes to pass. if we would but bring it up for a vote. and then, mr. speaker, we could reopen the federal government and we could take into account the real people and the real

consequences of our inaction. we could put out the open for business sign on the federal government. and help those that we were sent here to help. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we all remember hearing the promise, if you like your health care you can keep it. we hear that obamacare would reduce insurance costs for families by about $2,500 a year. that's not what we're hearing now. ronald, one of my constituents from advance, north carolina, just received a letter from blue cross blue shield informing him that, because of obamacare his monthly premiums are tripling from $400 per month to $1,200 per month. his deductible also skyrocketed

to $11,000. william in rural hall, north carolina, tells me the same story. his premiums are also tripling from $400 to more than $1,200. diane, one of my constituents from clemens, tells me that her health care premiums are slated rise from $193 per month to $553 per month, beginning on january 1, 2014. again, due to obamacare. william from winston-salem, informed me that his 2014 renewal rates came in. his premiums are rising from $314 to $821.96. mr. speaker, until now we've been forced to debate obamacare in the abstract, using economic predictions and common sense to explain why this ill-conceived law is going to be as one of its key proponents in the senate predicted, a train

wreck. but now the verdict is in. families from across my district are receiving letters from insurers explaining that the so-called affordable care act is driving their premiums sky high. my constituents don't want to be forced to change their health care plans or risk losing access to doctors they trust. again, they were promised that if they like their doctor they could keep their doctor, and if they like their health care plan they could keep it. those promises were broken. these aren't abstractions or predictions. these are real people whose health and livelihoods are being threatened by this law. mr. speaker, the proponents of this disastrous scheme keep reminding us that it is, quote, the law of the land, end quote. they implore us to simply give up and move on. we will not give up on our constituent. we will not move on when they need us to seek fairness on their behalf.

the other side acts as if this bill, which they hastily cobbled together and passed on a party line vote against massive popular opposition is so firmly entrenched in american law that it can never be amended or repealed. this is nonsense and they know it. obamacare is the law. but what do we do in congress every day? we work to change bad laws and we certainly work to make sure laws treat all americans fairly. and as rich lowry recently pointed out, quote, if this were a consistent principle rather than opportunistic advice, democrats would be ntent to leave a number of policies in place, end quote. mr. speaker, this is about basic fairness. the president has given special treatment to big business, congress and his well-connected political allies. but he refuses to offer the

same relief to american families. that's wrong. that's not fair. ordinary americans deserve the same exemption that the president has given businesses. let's reopen this government. let's reopen it fairly. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the virgin islands, mrs. christensen, for five minutes. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, tuesday was a bittersweet day. it was an unfortunate day because of the government shutdown, but it was a good day because of the millions of americans who live in the states, in washington, d.c., who finally had the opportunity to leave the ranks of the uninsured when they logged in or called the toll free number and enrolled in affordable, quality health care coverage through the health insurance marketplaces. however, october 1 was bittersweet for many reasons for me and i rise today as a congresswoman from the united

states virgin islands because on october 1, my constituents who are also americans, were largely left out in the cold on this key part of the law. as a member of the health subcommittee on energy and commerce, i was at the table and an active participant in the drafting, negotiations and amending of the affordable care act. and i'm proud that i was, but it was -- it remains sadly clear that the virgin islands and the other territories' biggest health care challenge when it comes to federal policies is benign neglect. despite our efforts, still too many people well-intentioned don't acknowledge that, for example, across nearly health indicator from hiv-aids, cancer, heart disease, to the rates of uninsurance and shortage, the u.s. virgin islands is often worse off than the national average. while working in close relationship with the leadership and the black, hispanic, asian and progressive caucuses worked tirelessly to

ensure that the more than four million americans who live in u.s. territories as well as our collective health care systems would enjoy the positive benefits of health care reform. the great news is that we were in very large part successful. -- , the virgin islands virgin islanders are part of the consumer protections and not be denied health coverage because of a pre-existing condition disease or deny coverage when someone gets sick and to impose lifetime dollar limits on essential benefits. today, u.s. virgin islanders can keep their children on their health plans until that child is 26 years of age. because of the affordable care act, seniors in the u.s. virgin islands receive free annual wellness visits, free preventive care, they receive medicare prescription drug much help.ks and and our community health

centers, community health workers are strengthened and better equipped. but the devil is in the detail. you see, the sad reality is that just because the u.s. virgin islanders are included in the law and eligible for these great benefits does not mean that the law has been implemented in a manner that allows them all benefits or to fully experience the positive impact that the affordable care act was intended to have on every american. the law gave the governor in the u.s. virgin islands a choice between two options in all of the territories. one, to establish a health insurance exchange either separately or in partnership with the states that was setting up a state-based exchange or, two, use the funds that would have gone towards the exchange to expand our medicaid program. the governor, based on advice of a task force and consultans, opted for option number two. so all of the information that's been promulgated about the opening up of the enrollment of the exchanges, woppederful news for many americans, my constituents and

others in the other territories feel left out and unfairly treated. to add insult to injury, there are no policies being written and the industry is blaming it, i think, not rightly on the affordable care act. it's important to remember that because of the affordable care act, there's a very significant increase, though, in the hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the medicaid program and that the governor can establish a local poverty level that could significantly increase medicaid eligibility. the robust increase in funding for medicaid can allow for thousands of virgin islanders to be newly eligible for meaning health insurance coverage under that program. unfortunately, though, the house-passed provision that would have changed the match did not make it through the senate so the match is set so high that it's difficult for us and the other territories to fully utilize the increased funding. and the physician that practiced for more than 20

years before coming to congress, i know what happens when someone's health and wellness as well as personal finances when they do not have health insurance coverage. it's catastrophic. that's why i requested meetings with secretary sebelius to explore how and whether the moneys that could have been used to establish a health insurance exchange can instead be used by making health care reform a reality for those that are uninsured but cost too much to qualify for medicaid. it's a distinct opportunity to work with our secretary and our governor to work outside the box, to help the americans in the u.s. virgin islands. some will require legislation. i ask support of my colleagues on that. but also please let us pass a clean c.r. to keep our government open and providing services to all americans wherever we live in this great country. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. sanford, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i

thank you. i've been a runner all my life. i ran in high school, in check and it's always been my way of sort of clearing my head. sometimes i clearly haven't run enough. and over the years during my roughly 20 years in and out of washington, i have made it a tradition of running down the mall, down to lincoln memorial. i have been down at the lincoln memorial on those runs in the dead of night when there was not a soul down there. at sunrise or the summer afternoon when it seemed like every tourist in this country and every tourist from around this world was gathered there. but yesterday i went for an evening run after votes and i saw something i've never seen before. because as i ran down the mall, i got to the world war ii memorial and it was chained up. now, mind you, this is an open

air rock memorial dedicated to the sacrifice of so many soldiers there in world war ii. an open air rock memorial. but i continued on with my run. i got down to the lincoln memorial and to my amazement, that thing was chained up too. i was so agitated in seeing this that i turned to the tourists and i said, you got to be kidding me. would you take a picture of that? it was actually a family from shanghai, china, here halfway around the world, they took the picture and they emailed it to me last night and it's an amazing shot. as you can see, there the lincoln memorial, two guards. mind you, i was there when nobody was there, no security guard, nobody. and yet in this instance you have chains around it, two police guards, simply to keep people out of the great

memorials to freedom in our country. and it just strikes me that is a picture of political gamesmanship and hostage taking. and i would say respectfully, mr. president, you've gone too far on this one. you know, at the time of the sequester, you ended school tours to the white house. now, mind you, not since jefferson's time and war have the people's house, the white house, been shut down for public tours. but you use that as a political tool somehow to gain advantage in the sequester that still exists. so kids from eighth grade may take their one trip to washington, d.c., and can't go to the white house because you think it will gain political favor. and i see the same thing going on with this. and so let's agree that we disagree. we agree that we ought to be -- we as republicans think we should be spending less. you and harry reid think we

should be spending more. in 12 years we'll have only money to pay for interests and entitlements. this is just a sneak preview of much more damaging things to come if we don't get our financial house in order. but i would say it is ok to have disagreements but it is not ok to hold, i guess, citizens hostage in trying to maximize and inflict pain in their ability to do normal things. particularly when the house has offered four different bites at the apple in keeping the government open and particularly just last night, bills were sent to harry reid that would have kept government open, would have kept the park service open and would have kept groups like the n.i.h. open. -- i say, take down these walls to these open air me more yams to freedom.

this is not the national archives where things can be stolen. these are open air memorials. this is ridiculous political gamesmanship. i was fworchor for eight years. i have been in executive. i know you can do this. i ask you do so. you know, i'm going to go for my evening run, 5:30, 6:00. i ask everyone in the gallery to come join me at the lincoln memorial. i ask listeners to join me at the lincoln memorial. i ask those that gathered at the world war ii memorial, this has gotten out of control with the guard that this degree of political gamesmanship by harry reid and the president. i ask you to take another look at that picture. think about what it means. think about the sacrifice that's been made that is ultimately about what these memorials are founded on and why can't we do something about it, mr. president? i would ask you to do so.

i'd yield back the balance of my time and i'd invite folks for a 5:30, 6:00 run down at the lincoln memorial. thank you. i appreciate it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair reminds members that they're reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. costa, for five minutes. mr. costa: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. costa: mr. speaker, we have seen a great deal of political posturing and speeches over the last several days . i think it's time we get our priorities straight and pass a clean budget that reopens this government. i think the american public is, frankly, sick and tired of the blame game. i also believe that many of my republican friends are distracted with issues that are important but are not central to the question of funding government. we can debate the issue of the affordable health care act, as

we should, but it's not central to reopening government. today i'd like to talk to you about two public servants from my neck of the woods, the san joaquin valley, who put their community first and delivered results. sadly in the last week these two individuals passed away and we say goodbye to them, but i want to use their examples as role models because i think their commitment to public service, to the people of the san joaquin valley in california and our nation, are a good example. one was a democrat, one was a republican. both were widely respected. and they never, ever let partisanship or ideology get in the way of solutions. george and pete were the best our valley had to offer. especially on how they conducted their lives. pete mehaus from a greek immigrant family was the pillar

of an education community in the valley for almost 50 years. from the time he entered the classroom in 1963, he was bound for leadership and change the lives of countless individuals. he realized the special challenges of students in our valley and throughout those, throughout the state. and he made their voices heard. his passion was recognized by governor george who appointed him as chiefizer on education relating to all matters involving education. pete served also under governor pete wilson and governor arnold schwarzenegger and ultimately president george bush when he was appointed to the advisory commission on education of excellence for all americans. joge that strong schools require strong communities, pete wanted to see fresno prosper and develop into a thriving business hub. from the co-founding leadership from fresno, business conference, executive board as the president, and also the athletic hall of fame where he was enshrined, pete invested

his time for the community and city he loved. for 16 years he was served as a superintendent of fresno county schools, where he represented 34 school districts, 325 schools, and almost 200,000 students. he was a loving husband, a proud father, and a distinguished alumni of fresno state, who was part of the 1961 mercy bolt team that was a national champion. so with a heavy heart we say goodbye to this man who dedicated his life in making the future of others brighter. another individual who he worked with and who i worked with was also a pillar of our community. and that was george zinovich, he was a man who lived his life with purpose and dedication to public service. born in 1922 from a slavic family, he was a proud product, he served in the united states army air force. he was student body president at fresno state, and later on

he enrolled in law school after he married the love of his life. upon completion of his degree, he quickly built a strong professional representation and served in the california assembly beginning in 1962. later on he became the majority leader before taking a seat in the california state senate. his impact as a senator was far-reaching, from creating the california arts council to california housing authority, finance agency, to authorizing -- authoring the first law in the united states that gave farm workers the chance to collective bargaining through the agriculture labor relations board. he was an advocate for those voices who sometimes got lost in the political banter. in 19679, -- 1979 rblingts george -- george was appointed by governor brown to the courts appeals. in 2008, fresno district's federal appeals building was name after him, for his lifetime practice of fair and

ound juris prudence. he never lost sight of those in the community he served. both of these people put their community first. i worked with both george and pete for years, and they were not only my friends but they were friends of the valley they loved and the state they called home, california. my colleagues, mr. speaker, i think it's time for all of us in this body to live up to the memory of these two shining examples. people who we have all worked with throughout our o lives, and i think in the true tradition of public service, these are the kind of individuals we ought to be role models when fixing our nation's budget and putting government back to work. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, for five minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, yesterday the house passed and sent to the senate a bipartisan bill to keep our national parks opened.

23 democrats joined the house republicans to end the closure of these national treasures. they joined us to unlock the gates and to open the doors of these treasures from acadia to zion. they joined with us to tear down the barriers and -- erected to block access to our open d.c. memorials that my colleague from south carolina just alluded to a moment ago. these memorials are opened 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. so the senate should act today to pass this bill and send it to the president for his signature. but it's disappointing to see statements from senate democrat leaders dismissing and even ridiculing these commonsense steps as piecemeal. it's even more disappointing that the president has threatened a veto of this bill to keep the parks opened. mr. speaker, let's not forget that one week ago today senate

democrats, led by harry reid, and the entire senate unanimously approved a bill to keep the federal helium reserve open and operating. last night the president finally signed this bill to prevent a helium shutdown into law. make no mistake, mr. speaker, i am glad the senate unanimously passed it. and i'm glad that the president signed the law. it's important for our economy. but the reason i bring this up is that the helium program is part of the department of interior. the department of interior that is responsible for our national parks. so one has to ask, why will the senate pass and the president sign into law a bill to specifically prevent the closure of our federal helium program but then refuse to act on a bill that would end the closure of over 400 national parks that are visited by millions of americans every

year? the contradictions in their words and actions are glaring. such political posturing is not only illogical and hypocritical, but the result of that posturing punishes the american people. mr. speaker, this does not need to happen and it should not happen. i urge the senate democrats and the president to stop going out of their way to make the government shutdown as painful as possible, and i urge the senate democrats and the president to come to the table and negotiate an end to this shutdown. and to act today to take the reasonable and responsible step of passing a bill to open our parks and memorials to america's veterans, families, and all u.s. citizens. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, for five minutes. mr. davis: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i come to the floor today to

express condolences to the family, friends, and parishioners of bishop rayford bell who passed away this past sunday while preaching a sermon in his pulpit. as a matter of fact his wife had suggested that he not go to church, but he indicated that he would go because he thought it might make him feel better. he was 90 years old. grew up the son of a sharecropper in mississippi. moved to illinois. founded several schools and colleges, became the senior , well of a diocese loved, well respected, a tremendous personality.

i came to know his family when 40 years s nephew ago. and have observed him ever since. just wanted to say to his family, friends, and parishioners that they have been graced by the presence of a tremendously great individual who died doing what he liked to do. and that is preach the gospel. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. wes moreland -- west more lapd, for five minutes. mr. westmoreland: thank you, mr. speaker, every day now for the past three years i have heard from the good people of georgia's third congressional district about how expensive

their health insurance costs have become and will become as a result of obamacare. on tuesday, their fears of just how unaffordable affordable care act is became a truly bleak reality to them. if this train wreck of a law is really affordable, then why are georgians seeing their premiums increase by as much as 300% on the exchange? if it's affordable, why do 57% of americans oppose obamacare? if this law is affordable, then why is ruth from la grange opting to pay the penalty and forgo insurance because she and her husband can no longer afford to pay their family's premiums under this affordable health care act? i guess even if ruth likes her plan, she really can't keep it.

she was lied to. one thing supporters of obamacare always taught -- tout it will help those who are very sick or those with pre-existing conditions get access to affordable care. let me tell you about cindy from noonian who is fighting a brave battle with cancer. much to her surprise she's been told by her doctor that under the affordable care act, obamacare, some of the treatments and medicines that make a difference to her being sick just a few days instead of a few weeks will no longer be covered. what about someone who does not have a few weeks? what are they supposed to do? how do we explain that to cindy's children? you know, it's a sad day when employers like i.b.m. are left with no choice but to kick retirees off their health care plans. what a reward to those like david who have given so many years contributing to their

company's success. it's not just hurting american families, it's killing small businesses, the economic engine of our country. i just got a letter from dale in la grange who is one of four owners of a heating and air conditioning company which self-insures their employees. in an effort to comply with obamacare, affordable care act in 2011, heating and air condition companies saw their health care costs go up $38,000 compared to 2010. the same thing happened in 2010, their costs went up almost $40,000 from 2011. this means they went from spending $115,000 on health care for their employees in 2010 to almost $195,000 just two years later? what's just as concerning is employers who have been forced by obamacare to increase their employees' premiums who no

longer offer health insurance for spouses and children. this change has been a disaster for melanie of hamilton whose husband will no longer be covered by her employer. a great company in my district and a stable source of jobs. in three years we have seen the disdisastrous consequences of this supposedly affordable care act, and just three days since the changes have gone live, we have heard hundreds of stories similar to the ones i just told. imagine how much worse things can become in the three months. listen, it's not just the lies that we have been told, but it's the lies we are still being told such as california reported they had five million hits. finally today they confess, they only had 655,000. as i have said time and time again, the easy solution here is for the president and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle is to join house

republicans and agree to a one-year delay and to fund. just like he's done delay for big business and his buddies, why don't we doll it for the american people. why don't we put all of us in the same class rather than trying to divide this country. why don't we do the delay. give them time if we can to straighten out this mess to put everybody small business, americans, everybody, employed and unemployed, on the system. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. w, i was lustening and i heard more than one but one in

particular that said nobody wants this government shutdown, that universally we oppose, as members of congress, keeping our government closed. i just wish that were true. i've been doing a lot of reading on this and look back at some of the reports from months ago, really interesting story in a magazine recently, that described a strategy to not adopt a budget and to force an argument over the continuing resolution and to force a debate over the affordable care act into debate about the continuing resolution with the idea that if we don't here in congress capitulate on a previously enacted law that the use and the senate agreed, that the president signed, that the supreme court upheld, we don't capitulate that there will be a shutdown of the government. my only wish is that it were true, that not everybody in this body wanted to avoid this

shutdown that is crippling our economy and hurting the american people. there is something that we can do, however, to get out of this. nd it would be simply to allow for a dose of democracy in the house of representatives. because we know -- and i talked to many members on both sides of the aisle, particularly members on the other side, and it's not just the 17 that have already declared their willingness to buck the tea party leadership and essentially the leader of the group in the house and the senator from texas, more than just 17 are willing to vote for a clean bill to reopen government so we can get back to the business of legislating. i think it's a big number. i would suspect that it might even be a majority of the other side. the senate would approve it. it already has. the president said he would sign it, and a majority of this house probably a majority of both parties would approve a

clean resolution to reopen government so we can get on the fights about the things we don't agree on. that's the way this democracy was designed. i'm new here. only been here nine month, but i've been following government, been a part of it for a long, long time. i'm a citizen who understands how our democracy is supposed to work. and i always believed that if a majority of both bodies agree on a particular position and the president agrees that we can put a law through, sign it and get on with the business. the other side talks a lot about negotiating, having a conference committee. it is so interesting to me that back in april after both bodies, the house and the senate adopted budget resolutions that it was the republican leadership who not nly failed to but refused to negotiate a budget resolution that could have avoided this whole thing in the first place. and i had to wonder then --

cratching my head why. the charade of the last week or so, this was the intent, to shut down government, the kindest term i'd use as leverage. i've heard other terms, but to use that leverage to try to extract from the government that which the other side couldn't win legislatively, couldn't win at the ballot box, but will use every tool, including the closing of the federal government, and now the threat to default on our federal obligations and wreck the economy in doing so. the president agrees, the senate agrees, the majority of the house agrees, we should continue to operate government, we should adopt the continuing resolution at the number that the republican leadership has

supported all along and get back to providing the services that our countries needs and provide stability back into our economy. mr. chairman, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. pittinger, for five minutes. mr. pittinger: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i was frankly disappointed, really perplexed yesterday when the president of the united states called a meeting to the white house and asked the speaker of the house to come to meet, asked the leader of the democrat in the house to come and meet, asked the majority leader in the senate to meet. at the same time his press man, jay carney, was on tv saying we're not going to negotiate. when they ended the meeting, senator reid, ms. pelosi said they are not going to negotiate. you know, mr. speaker, i am aware that this bill has been 50 years in the making. the democrats have wanted to

nationalize health care for 50 years. they found their political timing to do it when they controlled the house and the senate, when president obama was president and with a total partisan vote, they got what they wanted. even not reading the bill, as ms. pelosi said, we are going to pass it and then we're going to read it. yet, mr. obama has said that house republicans are on an ideological crusade, mr. speaker. he referred to them as suicide bombers. really? you know, mr. speaker, we were all elected to serve our constituents. the president was. and so was i. so was the speaker of the house. we don't have a monarch, mr. speaker. we have a representative government, and our role was to listen and to respond to our

constituents. they are writing us, they're emailing us constantly telling us their concerns. let's hear from one from cornelius, north carolina. i just received my new monthly premium from blue cross blue shield of north carolina for 2014. with the obamacare monthly cost now has tripled. with more limited coverage. well, what the heck? now i could get pregnant at 58 years old and i can -- because i had my mandatory maternity coverage? please continue to push to stop this horrible mandate. here's another constituent from huttersville, north carolina. we're currently paying $270 a month for high deductible health insurance policy through blue cross blue shield. today, however, we received our new rate for our family for

2014. a comparable plan now with blue cross blue shield. t's $1,037.02. mr. speaker, this is deplorable. she goes on to write -- it is my understanding that under obamacare premiums would go down. it was my understanding that this would be good for everyone. if obamacare's not good enough for government employees, like members of congress and the white house, why has it been delayed for certain corporations and labor unions that are asking for an exemption and why cabot i get out of this program? she goes on to write -- i'm asking you to stand up for freedom, for choice, for the citizens of this country, to delay obamacare for at least a year. at the very minimum or even better to repeal the law in its entirety.

r. speaker, this is not an ideological crusade. this is about meeting the needs of our constituents. there are other concerns out there, jobs. companies are not hiring full-time people. they're hiring part time so they stay under the threshold. the cost of the health care plan is going up dramatically. congressional budget office says it's unsustainable. for hould we allow corporations -- there's 1,100 of them today, friend of the president, to receive a delay in obamacare and yet ordinary americans cannot do that? that's why we proposed an the individual mandate deferment, that they wouldn't have to be obligated at this time. we also said members of

congress should not receive the subsidy, nor should the white house staff, the president, his cabinet, secretaries, why should we get something special that the ordinary american people don't get? these bills are lying on the desk of harry reid because he tabled them. mr. speaker, it is time to bring sound reasoning to this process. let's meet and negotiate, mr. speaker and senator reid. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky, mr. barr, for five minutes. mr. barr: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the american people are frustrated and angry that politicians in washington can't even work together to keep the government open and operating. they're hearing a lot of rhetoric from the white house and congress about who is to blame, but instead of trading accusations about who is to

blame, congress should face realities of a divided government. the only way forward in divided government when this is a difference of opinion, when there is an impasse, is negotiation and compromise. i come from the same congressional district that was once represented by henry clay, a great statesman and speaker of the house. clay, who is known as the great compromiser, knew that in divided government the only way forward is through negotiation and compromise. unfortunately, the president and the senate majority leader continue to reject the model of henry clay. they continue to say they will refuse to negotiate, refuse to compromise, refuse to work in a bipartisan way to achieve a middle ground and end this government shutdown. last night the president hosted congressional leaders at the white house, but rather than offer to negotiate about how to reopen the government and fix of of the harmful effects

obamacare, the president reiterated his stubborn refusal to negotiate. regrettably, the meeting was more political theater than a genuine effort to resolve this impasse. in contrast, this house has offered to negotiate. the house has offered multiple compromises. since september 20, the house has voted no less than 14 times to fund the government, to fund critical parts of the government, to fund the district of columbia, to fund the national institutes of health, to fund our national parks, to fund our troops, to fund our veterans and to end this government shutdown. but instead of working with house republicans to reopen the government, this administration directed barricade to be placed at the world war ii memorial. inconveniencing our honor flight veterans visiting our

nation's capital. instead of working with house republicans to end the interruption of life-saving clinical trials for cancer patients through the n.i.h., the senate majority leader asked, why would we want to do that? our friends on the other side of the aisle say they want to vote on a so-called clean c.r. they insist that we ignore the voices of millions of our constituents who are understooding our offices with calls -- who are flooding our offices with calls asking for protection from obamacare. but the truth is this -- the house has compromised over and over and over again. and the only demand that this house is making to the president and this senate is that if you insist on obamacare, if you refuse to delay this law or fixth harmful features, then at least do away with your special deal. at least give up your special

exemption and your special perk under this law. at least join with house republicans in requiring all politicians in washington, the president, members of the cabinet, members of congress and their staff, to live under the same health care law that they have imposed on the american people. at least live by the laws you write. mr. speaker, let me conclude by asking my colleagues on the other side of the aisle a simple question. if obamacare is such a great program for the american people, if it is so worth defending that you're willing to shut down the government to defend it, then why won't you participate in it? think about it. if obamacare exchanges are such a perfect solution to the problems of health care in our nation, then why are democrats and the white house and in

congress so intent on keeping their special exemption from them? mr. speaker, it is wrong for politicians in washington to shut down the government and vote against every bill to reopen the government just to keep their special deal that no other american gets under obamacare. so i call on the president and the senate to end their stubborn refusal to negotiate, end their stubborn refusal to compromise, end their stubborn refusal to open this government just so that they can keep their special exemption under obamacare. mr. speaker, i say if obamacare is such a great law for the american people, then it should be good enough for president obama and members of congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate.

the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed h.r. 3233, to extend the period during which identify rack who are employed by the united states government in iraq may be granted a special immigration status. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney, for five minutes. mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, it's important to look at the impact of the shutdown and a looming government default on our financial markets. on the shutdown, if the s.e.c. uses all of its rainy day money, it will be forced to close some key market oversight functions. there would be little to no oversight of exchanges, and if there were more trading glitches like the one that closed down nasdaq last month,

the s.e.c. wouldn't be able to respond quickly and problems could quickly spiral out of control. this could irprep praably damage confidence -- iri reserve the balance of my time praably damage could have dense in the markets. i always said markets run more on confidence than capital. on the debt ceiling, defaulting on treasury bonds could be truly catastrophic. the assumption that treasury bonds are not risk free is the most fundamental assumption in the financial markets. it underpins the entire world's bond market. if congress doesn't lift the debt ceiling and we default, treasury bonds would for the first time in our history no longer be risk free. the value of bonds around the world would instantly fall, and billions of dollars of wealth would be destroyed in the blink

of an eye. the dollar could even lose its status as the world's reserve currency. we need to end the shutdown and lift the debt ceiling today. jobs, growth, and the financial security of our country depends on it. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognize gentleman from maryland, mr. sarbanes, for two minutes. mr. sarbanes: we beseech the speaker of this house, john boehner, to bring a clean budget to the floor. that is the responsible thing to do. it is the democratic thing to do. unfortunately, in a cynical power play that only serves to

further inflame the wrath of the american people, the speaker has erected a wall of obstructionism. a wall that separates the american people from their democracy. so we say today to the speaker, mr. speaker, open these gates of democracy. mr. boehner, tear down this wall. tear down this wall of obstructionism. tear down this wall, this wall that has been constructed on a foundation of reckless ideology. tear down this wall of shame upon which the most extreme members of your caucus have so proudly, almost gleefully, inscribed their names in mockery of the will of the american people. tear down this wall of obstructionism. show that democracy can indeed flourish in this chamber, bring

a clean budget to the floor. today bring it to the floor. it will pass and we can put our government back to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a period less than 15 minutes. >> for military operations for veterans, but of course the back and forth continues between the house and senate. ur phone lines are opened.

202-585-3885, line for republicans. 202-585-3886 for democrats. you are an independent call 202-585-3887. the hash tag is c-span chat. many of you weighing in as well including karen who says it is in the hands of one man to stop hurting america, by the way it's not president obama. this can only be -- if they can vote, a reference to where things stand in the house of representatives. again, senate democrats said they would only support a clean c.r., a clean continuing resolution. there was a meeting last night between the president and congressional leaders. no public events today by the speaker of the house, john a. boehner. that's significant because there is a weekly news conference. we did hear from eric cantor, he spoke earlier. coming up in about 10 minutes, live on c-span3, the senate democratic leader harry reid will be meeting with reporters. then about 12:45 eastern time, representative nancy pelosi, who is the house democratic leader,

will hold her weekly news conference. all of those online at c-span.org, check it out on radio and on c-span3. don joining us from lakeland, georgia, republican line. good morning. >> good morning, sir. i don't know what boehner's agenda is, but i was a republican voter until i saw him last night. he walked away like he was a stud. his agenda cannot be important enough for him to throw this country in a tilt like it is. i am fully anti-republican at this point. and when the polls come open, i will vote democrat. i don't know what his problem to stick of eeds dine mott and throw it at the wall he's got. he's not working for the welfare and benefit of the american people. i think something needs to be done today. our country cannot risk or

handle this setback. >> who did you vote for in the presidential election last year? >> unfortunately, republicans. >> ok. thanks very much for the call. the head line treasury department warns default has the potential to be catastrophic. of course the government shutdown now coming with just two weeks before the u.s. runs the risk of defaulting on its debts. this is the story from the hill newspaper. a default on the nation's debt could thrust the nation into the worst recession since the great depression, even a prolonged standoff could do significant economic harm. that's a new study released today by the department of treasury. next is william joining us from kentucky. democrats line. good morning. > thank you. look like mitch mcconnell and aaron rodgers, they ought to be kicked out of kentucky on this.

i have social security. i can't even afford insurance when i get my house stuff done. if my wife didn't work, we couldn't even have nothing to eat. they need to be kicked from out of kentucky. both of them. next time i vote, i will vote democrat. >> thanks for the call. from kentucky, the president did travel to rockville, maryland, to hold an event at a construction company to highlight impact the shutdown is having on small businesses. that event has been posted on our website at c-span.org. we also heard from the republican leader in the house of representatives, eric cantor. that's also available online. edward from hendersonville, north carolina, republican line. good morning. >> good morning. good day. i just want to say i heard president obama speak earlier, and he said for congress to send a clean c.r.

get the government started back up. then they would negotiate. he doesn't want to negotiate. none of the democrats want to negotiate. they are rock solid. on delaying obamacare, the affordable care act, yet they are laying all the blame for the government shutdown at the feet of the republicans. there's plenty to go around bothways. both groups are stubborn. i can't believe our representatives and our tea party patriots are standing up for the american people and will of the their constituents and society in general. obamacare has already been declared by the congressional budget office to be unsustainable. there have been nothing but problems. members of congress and the president have exempted themselves and their families. if it's not good for them it shouldn't be good for us. something needs to be done. >> thanks for the call. also keeping an eye on wall street.

the dow one point down, 110 points, now more than 160 points. the nasdaq and s&p also down. the president did discuss this yesterday in an interview with cnbc, defaulting on the nation's debt would be catastrophic to the economy. and to wall street. we are getting an unscientific survey, we asked you to join in on our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span. the question we are posing, who is responsible for this current fiscal stalemate in washington? the majority saying it's the republicans' fault followed by the white house, followed by congressional democrats. we are also getting your comments. so far more than 8,000 off you have shared your comments about who is responsible. we ask you to join in facebook.com/c-span. on our twitter page william says this, why can't the senate just do their job and vote on a bill one at a time? they should stop saying what we cannot do. again our #is c-span chat. david is joining us, lakewood

florida, democrat line. >> how you doing. i'm here in the state of florida and i'm a preschool teacher, and head start is a very imperative part of the community here. it provides services. our families that are in need. my concern is aside from the government shutdown that has forced our school to close down and our parents to risk losing their jobs and our jobs as well, i hear a lot of talk about the default. however i have not once heard any congress member speaking of the point of beginning to pay off the debt. we continue to prolong and raise and raise the debt ceiling. there is a strong possibility we'll eventually default on the debt. and the fact that is no longer backed by the dollar is only a matter of time unless we come to a compromise and balance the budget. >> thanks very much for the ball. bill from aberdeen, maryland, democrats line. your thoughts on day three of this government shutdown? >> good morning.

i'm 62 years old and i have been a democrat all my life. to applaud the republican side for doing what my own party won't. it's been the first time in my life that i have been ashamed to be a democrat. i'm soarry. that's my comment. >> thank you. from our facebook page, patricia says this, democrats don't see big government as a problem. it is big money has too much influence. you can have little government, but if it is controlled by moneyed interest, it is not representing the average citizen. george, good morning, from oklahoma. independent line, good morning. >> good morning. i am for totally the government shutdown. it's too massive, too expansive. the nisa shows this probably better than any other agency. i think if this thing keeps

going the american people will begin to really like the government shut down. and i just hope it keeps going and going and going on. it's too big, too expensive, too intrusive, too powerful. it's too much. and i like the shut down. i hope they hold together. i think it's freedom for the united states and we can't fford. and the party to continue to kilt competition which he changed the a.c.a. law, he changed himself, which is unconstitutional. the citizens united, they went to court. you can't change it. these policies that the democrats pose that they never held to that. >> thanks for the all. a viewer, saying there is a lot of shutdown anger and most aimed

at the republicans. before we take to the floor of the house again for the rest of the legislative business today, reminder that you can join in on the conversation sending us a tweet at #c-span chat and continue to weigh in on our facebook fage at facebook.com/c-span. live on c-span3 coming up momentarily, a news conference led by senator harry reid and other members of the senate democratic leadership and representative nancy pelosi will hold the news conference at about 12:45. that will be live on c-span3. speaker boehner on the floor of the house. live congress here on c-span. in the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. the chaplain: let us pray. living god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we give you thanks that you have given to us the goals of justice and the designs of freedom and that these are our heritage as americans. bless the members of the people's house with the

understanding that it is their work to develop the strategies and the plans for achieving those goals and the trust to know that your spirit is with them in their work. grace this assembly with the resolve to be faithful in its tasks, responsible in its actions and fervent in its desire to serve a nation which so many hope will live beyond the current difficulties and to an ever-greater realization of both justice and freedom. may all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approve. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. doyle. mr. doyle: i pledge allegiance

to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: the president's failure to negotiate is unprecedented. yesterday he finally invited congressional leaders to meet at the white house but no propro gress was made. instead the president offered an ultimatum, telling congress he is not willing to negotiate. our nation is quickly approaching a deadline that we will no longer be able to pay our bills. this morning, i received a six-page letter about the dangers of defulting -- defaulting.

responsible americans don't send white papers of warning of a cry crisis, we find ways to reduce spending to spend within our means. it's time for the president to take his responsibility seriously. the only way to make progress is to sit down with congressional republicans and find a solution. in conclusion, god bless our troops, we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today on behalf of the many unemployed americans who re looking for work. people who need a fair shot at entering the work force for themselves and their family. thing ravesty that the that caused the shutdown has

also kept us from creating job this is congress. the families i represent deserve better and the merp people deserve better. ms. kelly: this friday i'm hosting a job fair at south suburban college in my district. over 50 employers will be on hand to offer jobs to individuals looking for work. i know they'll be impressed by the talented men and women we have in illinois' second congressional district. enough with the distractions. americans want job, businesses want to create jobs, and it's time congress did its job to pass legislation and get americans back to work. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. >> i rise in support of the support armed forces act.

i'm pleased to introduce this bill with congressman cook of california. this commonsense piece of legislation makes sure all employees in the department of defense work and get paid during the government shutdown. specifically the support our armed forces act extends pay to the national guard, reservists, dual-service technicians and all department of defense employees and contractors in this period of time. indiana's second district is over o grissom area base, 600 full-time civilian employees and air force reservists have been furloughed at the air base. i think it's wrong to jeopardize the well being of these employees. mrs. walorski: congress has an obligation to protect this nation, support the men and women who wear the uniform

bravely and work behind the scenes to provide equipment, training and critical support to armed services. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. here we are, day four of the republican shutdown because the republican majority didn't get their way three years ago. mr. green: they're willing to risk the united states government just to prove a point. now that we've seen the polls and realize the american people don't support what they're doing, their response is to pass a few piles -- bills to only reopen a few agents within the government. we need to open the whole government. yet congressional republicans seem to -- don't care about the consequences of shutdown even though they're significant. thousands of people are furloughed, critical programs

and services across the country have been shuttered, all because congressional republicans are in denial that the affordable care act is the law of the land, has been for three years and survived 42 legislative attempted to repeal it. it's time to move on. this is not a serious, responsible way to run the united states of america and you know it. stop playing games and pass a clean continuing resolution and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair would ask that members use the proper form in asking to be recognized for one minute. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. they say a picture is worth a thousand words. mr. westmoreland: i'm going to show you some pictures today. this is a picture of the world war ii veterans memorial being

shut down. i want to find out who ordered these signs because you know, these were up the very next morning, and plus, what may be a chicago sign painter that got this order who gave him the order? and where we got all the barricades. here's another one. this is a park in washington, d.c., you can see the kids and stuff playing, it's got a sign that it's shut down system of these things are normally open air. they're open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, but yet now they're losed. i wonder if the golf courses on our federal property and our military bases are closed. doesn't look like they are right now but we'll see if we can't get them some bare kids. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts

seek recognition? the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, on tuesday, despite the g.o.p.'s best efforts, health care exchanges across this country opened. s in first -- in the first 24 hour, health care.gov was visited by 4.7 million visitors. in massachusetts, where we've had an exchange for years, thousands began the process of igning up for expanded care. ms. tsongas: yesterday in one of our the local painers in my district, a reader wrote about the benefits people are already enjoying about the affordable care act this grateful parent said, quoting i have been happy with obamacare. for the last two glirkse two recent college grads have been on my insurance. we have saved over 4,000 -- over $4,000. republicans say young and

healthy kids do not need insurance, they are wrong. one of our children was hit by a car walking, and the other had gallbladder surgery. the hospital bills were over $50,000. it is evident that families all over this country are grateful that their loved ones will have access to affordable health coverage. to my colleagues across the aisle, please listen to them. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today i'm here to say enough is enough. the president and this administration are manipulating the shutdown to intentionally hurt as many american families as possible and that is simply wrong my home state of arizona has many national parks and beautiful scenic view, most importantly the grand can, the gem of the national park service. it should not be forgotten that these belong to the people.

mr. gosar: though the house passed h.j. resolution 0 opened our national parks, the senate is refusing to act on it. that's why the arizona game and fish commission offered to the national park service their own solution, which is to include their own game and fish resources to keep open our national parks, including lee's ferry, the gateway to the colorado river, the grand canyon and the very symbol of arizona. on behalf of the people of arizona, i urge the national park service to get out of the way, let residents, let americans, let everyone back into their parks. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. while a member may engage in criticisms of the policies of the president, remark mace not include personality. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania

seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, we have heard from our republican colleagues that democrats don't want to compromise. that the president doesn't want o negotiate. i read something on the internet this morning that describes the type of negotiation the republicans want to have with us. mr. doyle: it gos something like this. can i burn down your house? no. how about just the second floor? no. how about the garage? no. well let's talk about what i can burn down. no. you're not compromising. mr. speaker, this is what we've been going through. you want a budget for six weeks ? defund obamacare. delay obamacare. take away the individual mandate from obamacare, or

please, just sit down with us and tell us what we can take away from 20 million americans who need health care and then we'll reopen the government. let me say to my colleagues, if you would just stop trying to burn down the house, we can talk. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker this week the pay our military act became law. it states in part, and i quote, there are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2014 such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the armed services, civilian personnel of the department of defense who are providing support to member os they have armed services, and contractors of the department of defense

who are providing support to members of the armed forces, end quote. mr. brooks: mr. speaker, every single d.o.d. civilian worker and contractor supports the armed services. hence as a matter of law there should be no furloughs of any d.o.d. civilian personnel and no payment delatos any d.o.d. contractors. yet, at d. -- a d.o.d. memo states, quote, of the department's 800,000 civilian workers, about half will be furloughed, end quote. mr. speaker, that violates the pay our military act and the obama administration must immediately return all 400,000 furloughed d.o.d. employees to work and pay all d.o.d. contractors on time. it's the law. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. despite republicans' conviction

to defund, dismantle and shut the federal government down, mind you, because they want to deny health care to millions of americans, exchanges have opened across the country with overwhelming response. in my home state of california, covered california which is california's exchange, reported five million page views to their website by 3:00 in the afternoon, exceeding expectations. . now women know they won't be charged more for being a woman. victims of domestic violence can no longer be denied coverage for having a pre-existing condition, and insurance companies can no longer increase premiums to increase profits while delivering less health care to consumers. mr. speaker, the american people are tired of this. hostage taking is a deplorable tactic. shutting down the government in exchange for denying health care for millions is morally wrong. let's reopen the government. we should do it now. the american people deserve us

to do our job to keep government functioning. that's our patriotic duty. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. >> without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. a mr. frelinghuysen: mr. speaker, the american people deserve better. they deserve better than a federal government that is largely shut down, services curtailed, employees furloughed. they deserve better than a president who says he will not negotiate. and a senate that cannot negotiate. mr. speaker, the house has sent multiple continuing resolutions to the senate to fund government operations through mid december. the senate dismissed each one, including our request to establish a house-senate conference committee to engage in dialogue to discuss our differences and, yes, to work toward clutions. after all, compromise should not be a four letter word here in washington. if the president won't negotiate and the senate won't talk, to paraphrase a recent

military statement, tell me how this act ends. until they come around, we must all remain committed to ending this government shut down and for fighting for fairness in the president's new health care law. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in the short time i have been here i have had the honor of meeting many of my colleagues on the republican side and i found them of course to be very honorable people. and in fact i have had the solemn opportunity to pray with them. and they love their families. they love their country. they love their communities just like we do. i would hope that he we could both stand back and reopen the government and find a way to compromise. mr. vargas: to get to a compromise.

i think reasonable people can get there. so i hope -- actually i pray for wisdom. that we are granted wisdom on both sides to step back, to take a look at what we are doing, and see how many people are being hurt in our community around the country. this is not the way i think that we should be acting. i think we are better than this. again i pray for wisdom. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. speaker. i would wholeheartedly concur with the preceding speaker that we need wisdom, we need guidance, and we don't want to shut this government down and certainly we don't want to play politics, at least many of us, with our constituent' services. sadly we have seen too many pictures of that in recent days with the memorials and monuments being chained off. that's wrong. this morning my staff and i came across a document from the

executive office of the president, office of mackment -- management and budget with a q and a dealing with planning for agency operations during potential lapse of appropriations. the question, what is the cost of shutting down a website exceeds the cost of maintaining services? answer, the determination of which services continue during an appropriation lapse is not affected by whether the cost of shut down exceed the costs of maintaining services. mr. speaker, that gives me concern that, yes, indeed, the sites that we have checked on like the national park service, nasa, e-verify, and the department of agriculture have been shut down for political purposes. that needs to stop. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, 43,000 el pasoians are federal employees.

this is the fifth highest concentration of federal employees in the nation. many of them work at fort bliss, others are border patrol agents or customs officers at the busiest ports of entry in the country, all are facing uncertainty because they are being furloughed or working without pay. mr. o'rourke: i have spoken to many of them over the past week, including army officers worried about what this shutdown is doing to their morale, soldiers they command, and veterans employed at the medical center who cannot go to work to care for our wounded warriors. a woman whose husband must go to work but doesn't know when he will get paid provided this advice to us. do your job, just as my husband has to continue to do his. mr. speaker, the solution to this crisis is right before us. bring the senate-past government funding bill to this floor. it will pass the house and the government will be opened tomorrow. mr. speaker, please put politics aside and do what is right. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.

for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> unanimous consent toe address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. harris: mr. speaker, i have been wondering exactly why on tuesday morning the senate and the president let the government shut down, start barricading monuments from our world war ii veterans, stop the treatment of children with cancer at n.i.h., all because they rejected our offer to fund the government and end the special congressional exemption under obamacare. mr. speaker, late yesterday afternoon i got the answer. we all got an email about the president's decision on how this exemption is going to work. mr. speaker, we all have to go, we have to go and get the gold policy. yes, mr. speaker, not the bronze, not the silver, the gold policy from the exchange. that's the only one we can get.

you see, bronze and silver is only good enough for everyone else in the country. for members of congress and members of senate and their staff, it's gold or nothing. that's why this fight has been for a clean c.r. no one wants to remove that extension. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. harris: remove the exemption for congress and their staff. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from hawaii seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. hanabusa: mr. speaker, you win. you shut down the federal government. but now what? do you know why you did it? you started with defunding obamacare, then it went to delaying funding for a year and the conscience clause added in, then you went to repealing the medical device tax, then it went to delaying the individual mandate for a year, and making sure government does not contribute to our staff's medical insurance. by the way you did that twice.

now there is no mention of obamacare, and it's cherry picking what part of government will open. i ask you again, why did you do this? i am confused, mr. speaker, but what about the people whose lives you have been playing with? you can't tell them why you're doing this. end this brinksmanship and show leadership. allow the house to vote on the clean c.r. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman seek unanimous consent? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> mr. speaker, the real issue here today is about the rights of the american people. individual american citizens should have the same rights to exceptions as powerful corporations have been given, and members of congress should comply with the same laws as everyone else. whether it be obamacare or any

other law of this country. mr. scott: and that, mr. speaker, is all that we have asked for. if the president would simply agree to give the people of this country the same relief that he has given powerful corporations, we wouldn't be shut down right now. house republicans will continue our efforts to pass bills that reflect the american people's priorities and their rights and keep the government running. we hope that president obama and harry reid will negotiate in good faith, and join republicans in our efforts to keep the government funded and protect the rights of the american citizens. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman seek unanimous consent? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. my heart is heavy because of the death of one of my dearest

friends in florida, dr. mack king carter, pastor emeritus of mount olive baptist church. he was an extraordinary thee lodgian -- theologian, teacher, missionary, and exemplary servant of god. his wife and the family know that heaven has been deliciously improved. mack was a preacher's preacher, and i mourn with his many relatives and friends and the mount olive family. one of his favorite words was delicious. our lives have been deliciously enhanced because of the profound christian teachings of a son of ocala, florida, dr. carter. we talk politics a lot, and he would remind me always of the admonitions of leviticus and ecclesiastes, and i would remind this shut down place that reef a responsibility to

the least -- that we have a responsibility to the least of us in this society. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm pleased that the house has acted once again to fund critical operations of the federal government. last night we adopted legislation that would provide funding for the national institutes of health and for reopening monuments like our world war ii memorial. the n.i.h. provides critical funding for work ranging from the treatment of traumatic brain injury suffered by our soldiers to cancer therapist for our children. mr. hurt: n. irkts h. is the largest source of federal research funding of the important work in these areas of virginia's fifth district. it should not last because the senate majority leader refuses to come to the conference table to work out a reasonable spending agreement for the federal government. this critical funding should not lapse because the senate majority leader insists on protecting health care waivers

for washington special interests while leaving virginia families in the cold. the critical funding should not lapse because the senate majority leader insists on protecting special health care subsidies for members of congress while leaving virginia families to pay the price. i urge the senate to come to the conference table today. let's get this done. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. butterfield: i rise to say to my republican friends the issue is not whether you are winning or losing this debate, the american people are losing. this is day three. we ask you again to be reasonable. let's reopen the government and then let's get our leadership from both parties and both chambers into a room and not come out until they have a bipartisan agreement to fund the government in a responsible manner. remember, democrats for the purpose of opening this

government have agreed to the republican level of discretionary spending. $986 billion. that's the republican proposal. and democrats, including the president, have agreed to this level of funding through november 15. the votes are on this floor right now to pass the $986 billion c.r. right now. prove that i'm wrong. speaker boehner, leadership requires you say no to those who want to obstruct and shut down the government. you must say no to them and let us vote up or down a clean continuing resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> mr. speaker, at 12:01 a.m.

this past tuesday morning i attempted to sign up for obamacare. it's now been 60 hours and i still have not been able to successfully navigate the online marketplace. error message after error message, failed security standards, and 60 hours on website hold for just this one kansan. mr. huelskamp: it is clear, obamacare is failing. an embarrassment, particularly for the former kansas governor, who is now in charge of obamacare, but of course refuses to live under it herself. my office recently spoke with one of the insurers in kansas who told us that not one, not one of the 365,000 uninsured kansans successfully signed up for insurance on the obamacare exchanges the first day. although senator harry reid and all the senate democrats, and the president himself refuse to live under obamacare, the rest

of america doesn't have that privilege. this is jet another example of why we need -- this is yet another example of why we need to get rid of obamacare, it's unpopular, unaffordable. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> at the time president obama was inaugurated, it was clear to most americans we had a crisis in health care. millions of american families did not have health insurance and many of the insurance plans that exied were inadequate, providing coverage that was essentially useless when someone had a serious health problem or pre-existing condition. our seniors enrolled in medicare were paying hundreds of dollars each month for scription drugs. now the a-- for prescription drugs.

now the affordable care act in immediate effect address this is crisis. it's permitted millions of americans to visit a primary care physician without o-payment, prohibits discrimination for pre-existing quns and children up to age 26 can stay on their paraphernalia's insurance plans. the affordable care act is the law of the land. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina eek recognition? without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. ellmers: we are granted the pow over purse strings here in congress so we are right in

using that power. the house provide yet another plan to get parts of the government back open again. we provided funding to the n.i.h. which provides essential life-saving treatments and research to families who have received the worst news possible, that their family member, their child, may have pediatric cancer, that needs a cure. i urge the senate and the majority leader harry reid to bring this up for a vote in the senate immediately. we provided funding to the district of columbia, which is part of our stewardship. today we will once again vote to keep the promises to our veterans and we will vote for the funding for national guard and reservists. these are all issues that we all agree on, depending on where you are sitting, republican or democrat, the right thing in this situation is to provide funding and reopen the government. it's time for us to act. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the remainder of my time.

the speaker: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire eek recognition? without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. many kuster: because some insist on putting ideology ahead of real people, the government is in a shutdown. shutting down our economy hurts our ms. kuster: we owe our stites much, much better than this like je who -- like joe who called my office this morning from afghanistan. the line was a bit crackley but this is joe's message to me today. support access to affordable health care for all americans. and open our government.

joe said to me this morning, i am over here working hard for my family and my country. please, i'm asking you to do the same. so joe, today we owe it to you. let's gather together and pass a responsible bill that will fund the government. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. kuster: and then refocus our attention on the needs of our country. i i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: on september 11, 2001, lieutenant colonel aguilar was already in the cockpit of his f-16 at ellington field in houston, texas. he was a member of the texas air national guard.

he was in his cockpit when he eard the sound of scrambling horn, alerting him to fly a mission. he and his wingman took off and they headed east. and they intercepted air force one over the gulf of mexico and protected the former guardsman from their unit from any possible attack. they stayed guarding him and flying next to air force one until they were relieved. yes, it was president bush. the air national guard was the first, according to them, the texas air national guard was the first to be in the air on september 11. the members of the guard and air force reserves and mr. speaker, i was a member of the reserves at the same time president bush was a guardsman at the same unit. keep them flying. we need to keep them funded, keep the reserves funded, that's just the way it is, i

yield back the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: we hear a lot from our republican friends about the funding for n.i.h. and the pediatric research programs where dozens of children can get cancer dream and they make a big deal about it. on our side, we want to make sure every kiled in the united states has access to health care in case they get cancer. we hear if the other side, we want to open the world war ii memorial so veterans can have access to the memorial but if that veteran's spouse or that veteran's child may haveancer or not have health care, we're saying, as americans, we should cover every american. isn't that what they fought and died for? justice for all? and health care justice for all? we hear from the other side, they're shutting down the

government. i was against the iraq war. the iraq war was unaffordable. the iraq war was unpopular. 58% of the american people were against the iraq war. democrats didn't shut down the government. use the political process. which we did. and won the house back in 2006. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. mr. ryan: that's how you govern in a democracy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. ryan: you wrap yourself in the flag -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not in order. mr. ryan: you wrap yourself in the flag -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is no longer recognized. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina eek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute.

mr. clyburn: thank you. i would like to acquaint you and my colleagues with mr. butch matthews a 61-year-old small businessman from little rock, arkansas who used to wake up at 4:00 a.m. to deliver canned beverages to retailers before retiring in 2010. a lifelong republican, he was heavily skeptical of the affordable care act when it first passed. i did not think obamacare was going to be a good plan, i did not think it would help me at all, is what he said but after a little research, he's now found out that he can get a better plan than he already had and at the same time save $13,000 a year. when he was asked what would he say to people who are skeptical about the plan? mr. matthews says this, i would tell them to learn more about it before they start talking bad about it. mr. speaker, he's still a real strong republican but he says, i'm very happy this came along.

i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pallone: i've heard my colleagues on the republic side of the aisle say they want to keep the government open. it's not true, mr. speaker. let's face it, the republicans are in charge of this house. it's speaker boehner and the republican leadership that are -- that shut the government down. they could simply bring up the senate resolution that would keep the government open at any time now today or any time and the government would reopen. i don't want to hear this constant rhetoric that, oh, the republicans want to keep the government open. it's not true. they are in charge. they have the responsibility, speaker boehner has the responsibility to bring up a clean resolution that would keep this government open. now, i've heard that our appropriator, and you listen to

nancy pelosi, they have said we have agreed to the government spending levels of the other side of the aisle system of that's not the issue here. there's no issue anymore about how much we're going to spend. it's simply that the republicans want to close the government down. because of the affordable care act. it should not be linked in any way. if anybody suggests this is not a problem, 22% of the grose national product -- this is having a negative impact on our economy, mr. speaker, open the overnment again.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 370, i call up the bill h.r. 230, a bill making continuing appropriations during a government shutdown to provide pay and allowances to members of the reserve components of the armed forces who perform inactive duty training during such period and ask for its immediate considering. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill 3230. the clerk: h.r. 3230, a bill making continuing propings during a government shutdown to provide pay and allowances to members of the reserve

components of the armed forces who perform inactive duty training during such period. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 370, the bill is considered read. the bill shall be debatable for 30 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. the gentleman from florida, mr. young, and the gentleman from indiana, mr. visclosky, each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the entleman from florida. the gentleman is recognized. mr. young: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 3230 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. young: mr. speaker, i yield

myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. young: mr. speaker, the pay our guard and reserve act would fix ethe simple drafting error that existed in h.r. 3210, the pay our military act. the bill was intended to appropriate funding so that all of our service members, active duty, guard, and reserve, would receive their paychecks on time and without interruption during the government shutdown. throughout the year, annual training, which occurs for two weeks a year, and inactive duty training, commonly referred to as weekend drill. while h.r. 3210 appropriated funding for pay and allowances or service members who perform active service during the shutdown, it mistakenly omitted pay and allowances for

performing inactive duty training or weekend drill. this was a simple technical drafting error in the legislation. i've heard from many concerned members requesting that we address this issue as quickly as possible. . to prevent any lapse in pay for our guard and reserve members during this shut down. this bill would correct that and ensure that all of our service members receive their paychecks on time, including for time served on weekend drill. pay our military act passed the house unanimously, and i believe this bill should have broad bipartisan support as well. thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: thank you very much, mr. speaker.

i certainly want to thank the chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, as well as the chairman of the full committee for all of their good work on the appropriations committee. and it is not out of disrespect that i rise in strong pposition to this legislation. we are piecemealing, destroying the government of the united states, including the defense and the ability to defend ourselves of this nation. while we would suggest today that we are solving the problems at the department of defense, i would ask the question, what about maintenance of the existing equipment needed for readiness? not in here. what about procurement for new equipment that is being eaten up in afghanistan? not in here. what about research and development to keep technological superiority of

our forces so we are never in a fair fight? not in here. what about maintaining facilities where these personnel live, where they work, where they serve our nation? not in here. what about the commissaries? not in here. i recognize that yesterday the army chief of staff said that this shut down is impacting significantly day-to-day operations and forcing the military to cut training. there was an additional announcement today by a particular company, sikorski, that said they have slowed production of the blackhawk helicopter now that federal contracting inspectors have left their post on furlough because of the shut down. same federal employees, pratt whitney, in east hartford are also on furlough, delaying the

delivery of engines and spare parts. and i reference the good chairman of the subcommittee on defense appropriations. mr. rogers, chairman of appropriations. about two weeks ago i noted on this floor that in article 1, section , paragraph 7 it says that no money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. doesn't say anything about partial, temporary, continuing resolutions. it is time that the congress of the united states begins appropriating. i'm here as an appropriator to talk about fiscal policy, but our process has been usurped by those who have a particular social agenda, it's called the affordable health care act. i just want to reference two incidents that i have been involved in in the last 10 days. that i am appalled that we have

shut the government down over this fight. the first is a meeting i had ith a constituent of mine. the gentleman has worked hard all his life, independent contractor, their family had insurance through his wife who worked for a small medical practice that was purchased. she was relieved of her position not because she was a bad employee but because of consolidation. thereafter, of course, you know how this story turns out. she contracts cancer. my constituent is in my office in the last two weeks because they are foreclosing on his house because they are broke. and we are arguing about this. but what infuriates me and profoundly disappointments me is i'm getting on an elevator across this aisle at about 1:00 in the morning, this tuesday, and one of my colleagues gets

on that elevator and my colleague was gleeful, gleeful and happy and cheery because my colleague had called their state exchange at 12:30 a.m. in the morning and for some reason no one answered the phone and the system didn't work. why do you think people are calling that number? they need health insurance. gleeful that government didn't work and that's before we shut it down. what have we come to here? we have the best country in the world. it's time we start running it again. i'm opposed to this piecemeal approach and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. the gentleman is recognized.

mr. young: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the appropriations committee chairman, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding this time. this very distinguished chairman of this subcommittee has rendered invaluable service to this nation and this body, and certainly this committee, and i thank him for his wonderful service over a long period of time. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the brave men and women of our military who stand at the ready to defend this homeland. this legislation will he provide the men and women of the national guard and reserve with due compensation for their service, on time and in full, throughout the government shutdown. our intention with the pay our

military act was to support all of our men and women in uniform. this legislation merely fixes a technical drafting error to amend that. once again i believe this is an important action to get us on the path toward ending this crisis. this bill underscores the need to sufficiently and appropriately fund the entire federal government, to preserve our national security, and get the nation back on a stable economic footing. the house and the senate must work together to flip the switch on this shutdown. not only for our troops, but for everyone who calls this nation their home. it's our responsibility as members of congress to take care of our troops just as each of my colleagues in this body voted for the pay our military

act. i hope they'll do the same today to correct that act. mr. speaker, the gentleman from indiana, my friend, mentioned in his remarks about the other aspects of the federal government that needs to be back in operation. i could not agree with him more on that. however, the route out of this mess, if you call it, is for the senate to appoint conferees. the house authorized and appointed conferees two days ago. we are waiting on the senate to do the same. they appoint conferees, we can work out the differences between the two bodies as is the time honored tradition of this place, and solve the shutdown problem. so i ask the members of the other body to go ahead and appoint conferees, let's start talking. we can solve this problem. so far they refuse to even

talk. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. visclosky: i recognize the gentlewoman from minnesota, member of the defense appropriations subcommittee, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker mr. speaker, my republican colleagues are once again bringing a bill to the floor in response to the terrible news coverage on their shutdown. ms. mccollum: i'm very confident every single member of the house of representatives supports our guard, reserve men and women. and we all want them to receive the pay that they have earned. and we could just do that really quickly by passing a clean c.r. to fund the entire federal government and put an end to this g.o.p. shutdown. but republican leadership isn't serious about shutting -- stopping the shut down. we all know that this bill is not a solution, it's just a distraction. for example, this bill claims

to support military pay during the shut down. however, while this bill does provide them a paycheck, it fails to provide them the materials essential for doing their job. let me give you an example of a few of the things it doesn't fund. it doesn't fund the maintenance of existing equipment, and we need that for readiness. the procurement of new equipment if something needs to be replaced in order to continue a training drill or to be fully prepared. research and development to keep the technological superiority of the u.s. forces. and then as the ranking member pointed out, keeping the facilities and maintenance moving forward. this bill fails to ensure that our service men and women will have the equipment and other support materials that they need. and it certainly won't ensure that our other federal law enforcement at the f.b.i. or the d.e.a. are paid even as they continue to work to keep america safe. mr. speaker, this republican

government shutdown needs to end. this entire government needs to be funded. the american people don't want the tea party picking winners and losers, deciding what government services are necessary. so let's do what's right for the american people and pass a clean continuing resolution to fund the entire federal government. mr. chairman, i would like to add for the record along with my statement, the minnesota air and army national guard government shut down impact in its entirety. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. young: mr. speaker, i'm happy now to yield two minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from new jersey, an important member of the defense appropriations subcommittee, mr. rodney frelinghuysen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. speaker, i thank the chairman for yielding. in the family of public servants are military and especially their families deserve special attention,

especially during this government shutdown. we have spoken with pride many times about our active duty soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guard, air men and airwomen, many deployed in afghanistan and other challenging areas around the globe. remind my colleagues the men and women of the national guard are just as vital to the performance of our military. they train, deploy, and fight alongside their active duty brethren. many of these men and women have completed multiple overseas deployments in some of these same dangerous areas. and they guard us here at home and meet the challenges of man-made and natural disasters, civil emergencies like hurricane sandy last year in new jersey, or the flooding in colorado. last year the national guard alone responded to more than 100 natural disaster missions. mr. chairman, this bill corrects a drafting error in the pay our military act signed

into law last monday. it is intended to appropriate funds so that all of our service members, active duty, guard, and reserve get paid. it deserves our bipartisan support. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. visclosky: i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for ne minute. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i thank the ranking member. i thank the chairman of this committee and the ranking member of the full committee. the chairman of the defense appropriations committee. there may be no other member that has as much respect as i have in working with the chairman of the defense subcommittee, and i thank him for his service. and all of us want to be helpful to the men and women that we care about, who rise up d serve us as civilian

soldiers. today i want to offer a solution. rather than this bill, i would like for our leadership, the speaker, to bring to the floor a clean bill to open the government. i want my national guard in texas, 1,900 of them to be able to be paid. but i also want their families to have affordable care act, i also want to make sure they have the kind of infrastructure, maintenance of existing equipment and procurement of new equipment, research and development, facilities maintenance, commissaries in the united states. so i hear that there are 20 or 30 or 40 republicans -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: that will open the government. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: to serve our national guard. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. young: madam speaker, i'm very pleased to yield one

minute to the gentleman from arkansas, another member of the defense appropriations subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i thank, madam speaker, i thank the gentleman for the time. i rise in support of the resolution. it's important for people to remember that the issue that we are speaking about goes right to the heart of readiness. never before in the history of this nation have we been so reliant on our guard and reserve as now. mr. womack: i'm an example, madam speaker, of that reliance. my reserve force was the first to answer the call after the attacks on september 11 as the arkansas group went on short notice. we were able to go because we were trained and we were ready this sequester has already taken its toll on our military. to deny guard and reservists their pay when they're making these sacrifices makes

absolutely no sense to me. in fact, it's incredibly stupid for our country to be so shortsighted to try to make our political statements by denying the men and women of the guard and reserve for their sacrifices. i urge dotching the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. young: madam speaker, i yield one minute at this time to mr. coffman, the gentleman from colorado. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. coffman: thank you, madam chairman. i rise in support of h.r. 30, the pay our guard and reserve act. congress er 30, passed and the president signed h.r. 3210.

the -- i believe it's the pay our troops act, that i introduced. every member of the house voted for that bill. every member voted for that bill. yet there are those here today that seem to have sort of a temporary amnesia about that. it's like, we're going to -- we're not going to society for anything piecemeal, we'll only vote when there's a clean c.r. for everything for everybody. for all aspects of the federal government. the discretionary budget. yet you already voted piecemeal. you voted for active duty personnel you voted for federal civil service. you voted for the contractors essential for them. the message that you're sending is the soldiers, marines, the airmen that sacrificed their lives for this country are of lesser status. and you're wrong.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: -- the speaker pro tempore: i would like to remind members to address their statements to the chair. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i would make the point in response to the gentleman's remarks that i don't want to vote on the clean c.r. i'm not here to do that. i'm here to vote on 12 appropriation bills that make discreet decisions that make discerning judgments about how best and most efficiently and most effectively to run the government of the united states. the gentleman is mistaken if he thinks i want to vote on the clean c.r. i want to do appropriation bills just as i know chairman rogers wants to do, and as ranking member lowey wants to do. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. young: madam speaker, i gree that the regular order is

oto pass individual appropriations bills and go to conference with the senate, if they will conference. so i agree with my friend from indiana on that issue. and at this time, i would yield one minute to my colleague and my friend from florida, mr. bilirakis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. bilirakis: thank you, madam speaker, thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to show my support for continued funding for our veterans and military personnel in reserve components. as vice chairman of the veterans' affairs committee, i find myself in awe of the acrifices our men and women in uniform have made to our great country. i remain committed to ending this government shutdown and fighting to protect the american people. i have joined my house colleagues to vote multiple times to keep the government open and make sure that members of congress face the same consequences under obamacare

that hardworking americans across the country face. it is my desire, my sincere hope, that the senate and the president will come together as soon as possible to join the house in a civil and open dialogue. we need to enact a fair solution to the situation that serves all americans, particularly our nation's heroes who have so bravely served us. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. young: madam speaker, at this point i yield one minute to the gentlelady from michigan, mrs. miller. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. miller: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of this legislation, the pay our guard and reserve act. the first and foremost responsibility of the federal government is to provide for the common defense. that's in the preamble of our

constitution. and since our nation's birth some 237 years ago, the national guard has been at the foundation of our common defense. since 9/11, madam speaker, we've seen the largest callup of active service of our guard and reserve since world war ii they make up about 30% of everybody in theater. the men and women of the guard and reserve have always answered freedom's call with bravery and with honor and the enemy, and their bullets, make no distinction between the regular armed forces and guard and reserve. so it's beyond me to understand why this congress would do so. we have a duty to make certain that those brave men and women have the training they need to serve in defense of their freedom and make certain they are paid for their service. vote yes for the national guard and reserve, vote yes on this legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized.

mr. young: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. bridenstine. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. bridenstine: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of h. reform 3230, for our -- of h.r. 3230 to support our guard and reserve. i would be surprised if anyone votes against this bill. in the midst of a shutdown due to the president and harry reid's refusal to negotiate, we came together. the radical left voted against funding our veterans, voted against funding our national parks and even voted against funding cancer patients. now we are trying to pay the reserve and guard component that was fought valiantly for this country all over the world. the citizen war yoffers my state of oklahoma and across the country shouldn't suffer because the radical left, including our president, an

votes against our guard and reserve members is every bit as indefensible as voting against our vets. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. visclosky: i yield three minutes to the ranking member of the appropriations committee, ms. lowey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mrs. lowey: madam speaker, i rise with great respect for chairman young. however, i rise in strong opposition to this reckless -- reckless republican shutdown. of course we support the national guard and reserves. the house already passed a full year funding bill for the guard and reserves in july. under the auspices of chairman young, and our extraordinary ranking member, ranking member visclosky. but, this bill is inadequate

and it's the wrong action at this time. our troops need training and equipment. two key components absent from this bill. this measure does nothing to help the c.i.a., the f.b.i., the d.e.a., the secret service, immigration, custom enforcement, this is critical to our nation's defense. we could end the shutdown today if the majority would only allow a vote on the senate-passed bill which includes the funding levels that the republicans support. and would be signed by the president. and then we can get to work, as our ranking member said, on a complete bill, an omnibus bill,

through the regular order of he appropriations committee. the house majority apparently can't take the heat from the fire that they lit. so now they put forward this reckless political attempt to shift blame for their shutdown. ending the shutdown of our government couldn't be more simple. stop playing games. pass the reasonable bill the senate and white house have already agreed to. mr. speaker, it's time for the republicans to stop opposing reasonable solutions and end their shutdown. allow a vote on the senate bill. i've served in this congress for many years with the distinguished ranking member, mr. visclosky and the chairman,

mr. bill young. i'm embarrassed to go home to my constituents in my district and talk to them about the dysfunction due to the republican shutdown of this government. there are people who don't have child care. there are people who don't have health care. there are people who are suffering, having trouble paying the rent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. merchandise lowey: let's open this government and get our work done. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. visclosky: understanding that chairman young will close and has no further speakers, i would make the observation that i would hope all of us think through the issues pending here today and tomorrow and remember that our ultimate charge is to be of service to all of the public and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana yields

back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. young: madam speaker, i yield myself the balance of the time on our side. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. young: this is not a political bill. this is a correction bill. it has been held pretty much to a legislative process rather than a political process. but i want to say how much i have enjoyed the many years of serving on the same subcommittees with ms. lowey and then she advanced to the high rank as the ranking member on the appropriations committee. and my friend mr. visclosky, we have worked together for so long. on the defense appropriations committee to bring to this house and this congress legislation that had no sign of

politics. h.r. 3230 i believe will be supported by everybody in the house. it doesn't solve the overall problem but it does solve one problem for the guard and reserve. i'm satisfied that there will be other legislation following, not maybe this particular bill, but following in the course of events that will come later but today, we're dealing with h.r. 3230. and i hope that everybody in the room, in the chamber, in the house will support h. reform 3230 and -- h.r. 3230 and at least take care of one of the problems. with that -- with that very important thought, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields

ack the balance of his time. >> madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 370, the previous question is ordered on the bill. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill making continuing appropriations during a government shutdown to provide pay and allowances to members of the reserve components of the armed forces who perform inactive duty training during such period. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. visclosky: i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? >> i am in its current fore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk: mr. enyart of illinois moves to recommit the

bill. mr. enyart: -- mr. young: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. young: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's motion. the speaker pro tempore: the point of order is reserved. the clerk: mr. enyart of illinois moves to recommit the bill h.r. 3230 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment, strike all after the enacting clouds and insert the follow, that upon passage of this bill by the house of representatives, the joint resolution, house joint resolution 59, making continuing propings for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes as amended by the senate amendment on september 27, 2013, shall be considered as to have been taken from the speaker's table and the house shall be considered to have, one, receded from its amendment and two, concurred in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: purr sune to the rule, the gentleman from illinois is recognized for five minutes in support of his

tion. mr. enyart: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, the underlying bill pays reservists and guardsmen for weekend drills during this government shutdown but it does nothing to pay the full-time support force. the vast majority of them wear uniform but are considered civil service technicians. thus, they're currently furloughed. i spent nearly 36 years serving this great nation's military. 32 of those years in the national guard and in the reserve. as a young enlisted airman, later as a junior officer in the army guard, i certainly appreciated that paycheck for a weekend of duty. i, like many of the young troops serving today, needed that paycheck. kind of like the civilian employees at scott eyre force se need their -- scott eyre

scott air force base need their base and others that need their paychecks. the underlying bill appalls me. as the only former general serving in congress, i'm sponsoring this amendment to correct the underlying bill which only makes pawns of dedicated american reservists and guardsmen. the om thing that bill does -- the only thing that bill does gives the politicians who sponsored it and support it have a claim they're supporting the troops. it's as phony as putting a flag pin on your lapel and claim you are a patriot. that bill is as phony as the bill tuesday. that bill was named, honoring our promise to america's veterans act. my dad was a veteran. he's buried in a national cemetery. my brother is a combat disabled

veteran. i'm a veteran. between the three of us, we have accumulated total of 65 years of military service to this nation. i tell you as a veteran that bill is a disservice to veterans. it cuts $6.1 billion from the v.a. budget, which was already passed by the house. it eliminated funding for v.a. construction. it eliminated funding for national sem tears. that cemetery my father's buried in. it eliminated funding for medical and prosthetic research. that bill was a lie to america's veterans and america's voters. i am sick of phony bills designed solely to create political ads. i and my constituents are sick of the messaging that makes bad policy out to be good politics. it is time to drive the money

changers from the temple and to bring an end to the sanctuary an yuss foolishness -- sanctimonius foolishness. stop the charade. have the moral courage to tell the truth to the american people. he amendment i offer today presents the continuing resolution, which has the republican budget numbers in it. it would pay not just the part-time national guard, not just the part-time reservists but the full timers too. it puts the 70% of the c.i.a. back to work, puts the v.a. back to work. it puts our government back to work. let's not call this a continuing resolution. let's call it what it is. put our government back to work. i ask you to have the integrity

to vote yes or no. if you are a patriot behind that american flag pin, have the guts to show it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. young: madam speaker, i make a point of order against the motion to recommit. this motion is not germane and as such is a violation of rule 16, clause 7, which states, no motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. this motion deals with the proposition unrelated to the matter addressed by the joint resolution and brings in a matter under the jurisdiction of the committee on rules which fails the committee of jurisdiction test and therefore is a violation of rule 16,

clause 7. so i ask for a ruling from the chair. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from illinois wish to be heard on the point of order? mr. enyart: yes, ma'am. madam speaker, does not the bill before us fund a portion of the federal government? my motion to recommit would open up the entire federal government so that the national guard, the part-time national guard, not only receive their pay but also the full-time national guard. they'd receive all of their benefits. they'd receive funds for the equipment to do their jobs. there would no longer be furloughs. can the chair explain why it is not germane to keep all of the needs of the national guard open for public service instead of only their pay? if we're paying our national guard but they can't do their jobs, what sense does that make? are we asking our brave

soldiers simply to sit at their desks? what kind of strange house is this that would force that situation on our brave men and women, the brave men and women that have been so remarkably addressed by the gentleman across the aisle? madam speaker, if you rule this motion out of order, does that mean we will not have a chance to keep the entire federal government open today? account chair please explain why we can't keep the entire federal government, not just our part-time national guard, but the entire federal government open today? the speaker pro tempore: the chair is prepared to rule. the gentleman from florida makes a point of order that the amendment proposed in the motion to recommit offered by the gentleman from illinois is not germane. the bill extends funds relating to the reserve components of the armed forces for all of fiscal year 2014 and a portion of fiscal year 2015. the instructions in the motion propose an order of business of the house relating to funding for all other agencies and

departments subject to the annual appropriations process for the remainder of the fiscal year. on october 2, 2013, a similar motion to recommit was offered to a joint resolution that, like h.r. 3230, provided for the appropriation of certain funds. the chair ruled that motion nongermane on committee jurisdiction grounds. here, similarly, the bill falls within the jurisdiction of the committee on appropriations. the instructions contained in the motion to recommit fall within the jurisdiction of the committee on rules. the motion is not germane. the point of order is sustained. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. enyart: madam speaker, i appeal the ruling of the speaker. mr. young: madam speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: if the gentleman would yield?

mr. young: i yield to appeal the ruling -- the speaker pro tempore: the question is shall this stand as judgment of the house and for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. young: madam speaker, i move to lay the appeal on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to lay the appeal on the table. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. enyart: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. enyart: may we have the yeas and nays, madam speaker? the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a five-minute vote on passage of the bill, if arising without further proceedings is recommital.

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the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 228 and the nays are 194. the motion is adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the -- in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. moran: madam speaker, we request the yeas and nays on this. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of

representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 265 and the nays are 160. the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members take their conversations off the floor. he house will be in order. f members could take their conversations off the floor.

regular order. members, please take your conversations off the floor.

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. culberson: pursuant to house resolution 370, i call up house resolution h.j.r. 72, making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, and i ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 72, joint resolution making continuing ppropriations for veterans benefits for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. mr. culberson: madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. if the members could please take your conversations off the floor. pursuant to house resolution 370, the joint resolution is considered as read. the joint resolution shall be debatable for 30 minutes, equally divided and controlled

by the chair and ranking member, minority member of the committee on appropriations. r. culberson: madam speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. culberson, and the gentleman from georgia, mr. bishop, each will control 15 minutes. mr. culberson: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for his time. mr. culberson: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on house joint resolution 72 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. culberson: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. we bring before the house today, madam speaker, legislation that will ensure that our veterans are give the benefits that they have earned, that he they don't -- that

there is no delay in the processing of disability claims. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. if the members in the rear would please take your conversations elsewhere. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. culberson: thank you, madam speaker. the other day president obama gave us a list of things that are important, that are vital to make sure that there is no interruption in services, and in particular we as a congress, as a house, want to make sure that our veterans are taken care of. everything that they have earned to their service to their country, we want to make sure is taken care of. this legislation before us today is essential because the v.a. has told us that funds for these benefits will run out by the end of this month. so it's essential we pass this legislation right now. although the veterans health insurance -- administration is

funded in advance, we have to pass this legislation today, mr. speaker, to ensure veterans and their survivors receive disability compensation ben fits. we have to pass this legislation today to make sure 517,000 low-income veterans and their family members receive their pensions. we have to pass this legislation today unanimously so that 3/4 of a million students will receive their post-9/11 g.i. education benefits. we need to pass this legislation today, madam speaker, so that 54,000 unemployed veterans will be able to be eligible for training assistance through the veterans retraining assistance program. finally, madam speaker, we also have to make sure we get this legislation passed so that 67,000 veterans with service connected disabilities receive their vocational rehabilitation and employment subsistance allowances. finally, it's also important to note that this legislation will provide $223 million for cemetery head stones and burial plot allowance that is our veterans by their service to our nation have earned. and i reserve the balance of my

time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 15 minutes. mr. bishop: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. here we are again. deja vu. all over again. the leadership on the other side of the aisle again attempting to distract the american people from looking at their cynical shutdown efforts by trying to hide them under the torn and shredded garments of our veterans. this is a hoax. this is a fraud. simply stated, this bill would not provide enough funding for the department of veterans affairs to pay for all of our veterans programs. granted, every member of this house understands that the veterans benefits are vital and crucial pieces of our ongoing obligation commitment to our veterans. however, we should all be clear and we should understand in accepting this piecemeal proposal, we are in fact

cutting $6.2 billion in funding that this body voted in june from the bill that we approved, 421-4. this proposed c.r. does not address, doesn't touch, or do anything for the remaining veteran screagsier accounts which are equally important to our veterans and their families. the information technology account, which includes $155 million for the veterans mng -- management system and vital to speeding up the claims process. not included. the office of the secretary account, which includes the boards of veterans appeals which provides decisions on claims appeals, not included. the national cemetery administration, not included, which means that burials, burials, madam speaker, at the national cemeteries will be conducted on a reduced schedule. office of inspector general account, not included.

which means that audits and evaluations, administrative investigations, health care inspections, and inspector general hotline will be suspended. medical research account, not included. construction account. not included. grants to states veterans homes and the state cemeteries. not included. on june 4, we passed a full bill, a complete bill, a bipartisan bill. we provided more resources for veterans in the bipartisan bill we passed in june than are provided in this anemic attempt to hide the cynical republican efforts to justify a government shutdown underneath the vail of sacrifice of generation after generation of veterans. this is shameful, veterans can see through this hypocrisy. the american people can see through this hypocrisy. we need to end this lifeboat strategy offered by the senator

from texas, but the only visible functions of government he approves, our sanctions will be opened. open the entire government. serve the american people by passing a clean resolution discharging our constitutional responsibility and voting down this phantom of a funding bill hat does a disservice to our nation's heroes, our veterans. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. culberson: it's my privilege at this time to yield three minutes to the distinguished chairman of the appropriations committee, the gentleman from kentucky, chairman rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: madam speaker, thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding at this time. and thank you for bringing out this bill. to which i rise in support. this bill continues to provide our nation's veterans with access to important benefits that they have earned in service to their country.

to let these important health benefits slow our stop -- or stop would be to renege on our promise to our soldiers that in exchange for taking care of this country, the nation will take care of you. this legislation continues funding for the processing and deliver riff disability claims -- deliffry of disability claims and other health benefits at the current annual rate of approximately $82 billion, until december 15, until we act full year appropriations. yesterday, when we considered this bill on the floor under suspension, republicans and democrats alike united behind the duty of this congress to provide for our veterans. frankly, i'm surprised it didn't pass with a vote of every single member. but some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle chose not to support the care of our former service men and women.

but i believe that given this second chance where a majority will do, my colleagues will come together once again to pass this important bill. not only is it dearly important for the well-being of our veterans, but it's important for the well-being of the nation as a whole. ery step we take to fund one section of the government is a step we can take toward reopening the entire government. even if we do not agree on much, we can agree, madam speaker, that we can't allow this government shutdown to persist much longer and continue to inflict harm on the united states. the clearest path forward is coming together on a bipartisan and bicameral basis to work out our differences, find a solution, and end this shutdown. and the way to do that is slaying right in front of us, the house passed the other

night a motion to go to conference with the senate on the differences that we had between us. and the old time honored tradition of the house and senate having a conference together to work out differences is the way this place should be working. and yet the senate refuses to sit down with us. madam speaker, our conferees are waiting at the table downstairs even as i speak. and if the senate will just send over their conferees, we can work out the differences in the shut -- end the shutdown, and solve the rest of the nation's problems. and with that, madam speaker, i urge my colleagues to provide for our veterans and help us get out of this shutdown disaster. vote aye on this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: madam speaker, at this time i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from new york, mrs. lowey, ranking member of the full appropriations committee. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentlelady from new york is recognized for two minutes. of lowey: madam speaker, course we support funding our veterans. the house already passed the full-year funding bill in june y a vote of 421-4, which was $6 billion more than the cheap ploy now being considered. it is essential that the v.a. can continue offering services, but we must also ensure that veterans receive job training, children receive immunizations, and that our food supply is safe. radical republicans have shut down the government because they refuse to allow a vote on a spending bill that they wrote. the senate passed, and the white house would sign.

three days into the shutdown, the majority can't even tell us what they can't to reopen the government. just yesterday one of their members said, quote, we have to get something out of this, and i don't even know what that is, end quote. the house majority has shut down the government, but not to reduce spending or for some other policy reason, it is for pure petulance, and they don't even know what they are trying to accomplish. ending the shutdown couldn't be more simple. stop playing games. allow a vote on the bill with your number to end the shutdown that the senate passed and the president will sign. this could end, 30 minutes, just take the bill with your number. let it pass here. send it to the white house. and that's the end and we can

get on with business to serve the people that we were elected to help. my constituents want us to work on these serious issues, as do you. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. culberson: the only question before the house tonight is will we unite to support our veterans, and i am pleased at this time to yield one minute to the gentleman from florida, the chairman of the veterans' affairs committee, mr. miller of florida. . . mr. miller: i rise for the second time this week to talk about this particular piece of legislation, why the second time? well, because the democrats banded together to kill this veterans' funding bill once before. and as i mentioned before the democrats moved to kill this veterans' funding bill, we worked to ensure that disabled veterans, low-income veterans going to school on the g.i. bill, survivors of those killed in the line of duty, continue to receive their benefits that

they are due, the benefits that they in fact have earned. madam speaker, the house democrats must not know that bernie sanders, the chairman of the senate veterans' affairs committee, introduced a bill on monday night that related to veterans' funding and i'd like to share with everyone a bit of that effort. and i quote from press reports, bernie sanders, chairman, introduced legislation, s. 1564 monday night and quickly got the backing from four other democrats on the panel and the top republican on the committee. specifically, the bill would protect mandatory compensation and pension benefits for veterans and their families, including survivor benefits. it would also, among other things, continue money flowing to education programs for veterans -- can i get one more minute? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. culberson: additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. miller: it would be passed in enough time to ensure that veteran benefits are not disrupted.

ranking member burr is a is he expects the senate to adopt this legislation by unanimous consent, end quote. does this sound familiar? it should, because this is the very piece of legislation that we're talking about on the floor today. and i have a suspicion why the democrats keep stalling this veteran funding bill. they are playing politics. i ask that senate majority leader and my friend to the democratic leadership to unite, take up the bill that the ranking member has already said that fully funds veterans, on june 4, and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: madam speaker, i yield at this time for unanimous consent to the gentleman from california, mr. takano. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for a unanimous consent request. -- takano: madam speaker, i madam speaker, before i state my unanimous consent request -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for unanimous consent only. point of

information -- the speaker pro tempore: parliamentary inquiry, the gentleman will state his inquiry. mr. takano: madam speaker, what do the house republicans -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not recognized. mr. takano: because i want to know. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized only for a unanimous consent request. the gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up senate amendment to the house joint resolution 59, the clean c.r., to go to conference on a budget so that we can end this republican government shutdown that is slowing our economic growth. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. under guidelines, consistently issued by successive speakers as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and manual, the chair is constrained not to entertain the requests unless it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee

leadership. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. bishop: yes, i do. i'd like to yield for unanimous consent to the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for a unanimous consent request. mr. veasey: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h.j.r. 59, the clean c.r., and go to conference on a budget so that we end this republican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously -- the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman is out of order. the gentleman will suspend. as the chair previously vised, the request cannot be entertained at the appropriate clearance. the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. bishop: madam speaker, i'd like to yield for unanimous consent to the gentleman from arizona, mr. barber. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for a unanimous consent request.

madam speaker, our service members and our veterans have done -- the speaker pro tempore: as the gentleman -- the gentleman is out of order. and the gentleman will suspend. and the gentleman is not recognized. the gentleman is not recognized. the gentleman will suspend. as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: madam speaker, i yield for a unanimous consent

from the gentlelady from new york, ms. clarke. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for a unanimous consent request. ms. clarke: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment h.j.res. 59, the clean c.r., and go to conference on the budget so that we can end the republican shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is out of order. the gentlelady will suspend. as the chair previously advised , the gentlelady is not recognized. as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. mr. bishop: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. bishop: i do madam speaker.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bishop: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. culberson: madam speaker, at this time i yield one minute to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for one minute. roland garros -- mr. roe: i thank the chair for yielding to me. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess,

>> we'll have more information on this as we get it. shots have been fired in front of the white house. we'll have live coverage of the house when members return here on c-span.

>> thank everyone for being here this morning. when the president and the senate shut down the government tuesday, i don't think they realized the impact on cancer trials for children with cancer. but yesterday on the floor of the house, we solved that problem. we passed a bill what will restore funding and make sure the children with cancer are eligible and can be enrolled in trials at the n.i.h. i've taken care of many children with cancer when i was in my medical practice and as a parent, every parent can appreciate the seriousness of that and the need to solve those

kind of problems. that's what we did yesterday. i hope the senate does the same today. they should. we should make sure that every child, each and every one who has cancer can be taken care of by the world's best at the n.i.h. >> we are three days into this government shutdown and every day the republicans have been working to get the government open. and last night we took action. we passed legislation to fund the n.i.h. this is important legislation and i remind people in the mid to late 1990's republicans and democrats came together and doubled the funding for research at n.i.h., recognizing how important it is. and we call upon democrats to join us now. let's find common ground where we can start moving forward. that's where it's going to start and then we can have a larger

conversation. n.i.h. whether it's research or dee beatser so many curious and treatments being developed, we don't want to put them on hold. we want america to continue to be the leader. i have a son with downs syndrome and i've learned so much about the cutting edge research and the break threws we're on the verge of discovering. let's get the dialogue we need to have with the senate over this as well as the larger issues related to spending, our economy and the future of america. >> thank you. i'm going to put this in more personal terms. yesterday we voted successfully to continue to fund the n.i.h. and over 40 years ago, i've been tennessee practice in at st. jude's children hospital.

when that hospital opened there was a 4% survival rate in children with leukemia. i remember going in that hospital as a young student and relsing almost 90% of those kid i saw would die. today almost 90% of them live. my medical partner in practice had a son and his wife was in labor having their second child and his child had a seizure. that child had childhood cancer with a mat static tumor to his brain 12 years ago that had a 95% chance of dying. that young man will graduate from high school this spring. it is those mircals you see over and over. if you're a parent and i've delivered almost 5,000 babies. if you're child has a condition that is one in a million. if kwlour child has it it's

100%. i've looked at those tears. they don't need to miss a day at n.i.h. because there are parents depending on us to make sure, they are waiting on a phone call, can my child get into a research facility today. i am proud of our side. we did this yesterday. and i implore the senate democrats to take this and pass this much needed legislation. >> thank you. before coming to washington being a nurse, i've seen these families. i've seen the looks on their faces when they are given hope. we have taken that hope away. and we need to replace it. and i say to harry reid and the senate, bring this up for a vote. don't take hope away from these families. don't take hope away from those moms. again, as dr. rowe has pointed out, they are waiting on that

vital information. if you are a family going to the n.i.h. for care, it's because you are in a critical situation, that you are looking for that last bit of hope and you are looking for that treatment that will save your child's life. childhood peed at trick cancer being one of those issues. if you've ever seen a look on a parent's face when they are told their child has cancer and then you take their hope away, the moment that they know they can fight for it, they will. and we have to replace that. and i say to harry reid, please, of all this situation in washington right now and all the politics, let this move forward. let's get a vote in the senate. let's get it to the president. let's replace it and give hope back to those families. because i'll tell you senator reid you will not sleep until

hat happens. >> thank you. congressional district four in 1-202-585-3887. i'm pleased that i'm joining these leaders and these medical professionals who have given up their practices to come help solve the problems of healthcare in this country. i want to premise my comments with a few things that i believe when i came to congress. i believe that families, faith communities, associations and neighbors can take care of us better than government programs can but government should be there to help. i believe that science is a gift and that we should use our talents whenever possible to improve the condition of man. i believe in free enterprise as the best and most efficient way to raise our standard of living. but i believe there are times that the private sector cannot be expected to do the research

and development needed because the issue, the syndrome, the disease might be so rare that it is economically prohibited from a return perspective. i know this story personally as my son teddy suffers from a rare isorder. angelmans syndrome. >> teddy walks real funny. he's never had a conversation with kathy or myself, probably ill never speak. angelman's syndrome children will get to the develop mental age capacity of 18 months. kathy and i our goal for teddy is to get him to five years. not in age, but in development. he's expected to have a full

life, a long life and that is good. because another condition of angelman's syndrome is that you are unnaturally happy nearly all the time. nd what a gift that is for all of us. without programs like the n.i.h. curious, d research like ies, for syndromes angelman, we and all the other kid affected may not have the hope that renee talks about. as we understand it, there are only 1500 cases of angelman's syndrome in america. that might change as research continues. maybe some children are misdiagnosed, we don't know. maybe there are some other solutions to this. we don't know. and without the help of programs

that are at the n.i.h. and other private sector programs, we may never know. that's why this is so important. this is why i ask harry reid, senate democrats and the president himself to stop this nonsense. let us help people. let us help children please. >> good morning. as you can see, not unlike most americans, my colleagues that are joining me today have been touched by disease and have as a passion to do something about medical research, something that i've been working on especially n the area of peed attic medical research for sometime. while we work out our differences here in washington, children should not be denied

the treatment. we passed a bill in the house last night that would provide the n.i.h. with the necessary funding to reopen the clinical trials that renee spoke about that give hope to parents who may not have hope otherwise when they find their kids have cancer. and i believe that senator reid must take up this legislation today for the sake of those children and their health. for five years president obama has carried an i won, it's my way or the highway attitude and he's not reached across the aisle to republicans who were also elected to solve the major problems facing this country. the president's refuse toll work in a bipartisan way has led us to this shutdown. we must fix and we shore the american people's faith in our

economy and their trust in government. especially before we reach our debt limit deadline in a week or so. it's time for the president and enate democrats to put partisanship aside and is it down and work out our differences. >> we are leaving that taped program. the comments of the house republican leader earlier in the day as you've been seeing on the screen. if you join us on c-span radio the u.s. capital is on lockdown. there have been reports of shots fired. hearing shots fired at first and constitution near the press area, unconfirmed reports that a capitol hill police officer or officers may be injured. we are cautious with early

information but we do know the house and senate has recessed for the moment. there is what is called a shelter in place. the capital is in lockdown and we are trying to get more information over what we can get in the next couple of minutes. we are monitoring the new station here in washington, d.c. >> wtop. >> it's 2:35, we're staying on top of reports fired outside of the capital. apparently according to capital police a police officer has been struck. we are hearing reports that shots were fired inside the capital according to a u.s. senate aid. we are trying to figure out exactly what is happening. we know that the capital is on lockdown. nobody is leaving, nobody is

getting in and capital police are trying to get to the bottom of whoever is firing these shots. >> this comes amid all of the consternation over the government shutdown right now with senators and house of representatives members all queening trying to see if they can break a government shutdown. so far nothing has been going on with the talks. we have had a standoff for three days. so we have chaos on capitol hill with these shots fired with the government shutdown. so it's quite the scene on capitol hill right now. >> the street is blocked off. we're looking at the monitors and the streets around the capital are lined with emergency vehicles. there is a parade of police lights, the red and blue lights flashing atop the cars. law enforcement officers are milling through the street. you can see other people standing by the sidewalk but nobody is getting into the

capitol and nobody is getting out. >> interesting that the senate is still in session right now. the senate is still in session even though we have reports of gunshots. the capitol is on lockdown and everybody is still inside. the senate is still in session as we have reports fired outside the capitol, the senate office, that complex of buildings. we'll keep you updated. >> also there are reports that several people were injured including a law enforcement officers, a senate aid and capitol officer each said that. we are staying on the story of gunshots fired outside the capitol and looks like shots fired inside the capitol not that long ago.

>> you should find the travel lanes open. on the trip around the beltway we've had a quiet afternoon up until now. >> we want to thank wtop. they go to traffic and weather on the eights but we will rejoin them once we get new information on what happened. it's early information and aven as we say this information can be wrong but we are getting early reports. a u.s. capitol police confirm that shots have been fired. a report that a police officer or officers may have been hit. there are also unconfirmed reports there was a shooting inside the capitol but that sun confirmed. a helicopter has landed on the capitol.t of the we're going to open our phone lines.

1-202-585-3885, 1-202-585-3886 d 1-202-585-3887 for independents. we saw a series of procedural votes in the house of representatives earlier in the day but when the call came that shots were fired immediately the gavel came down and both the house and senate now in recess. the president earlier in the day was in maryland calling on the house to pass a clean c.r. which would reopen the government. the democrats and president said they would support this plan. but the house with a piece mill approach. something that the democrat and senate said is dead on arrival. there have been shots reportedly fired outside the capitol by first and constitution near the heart senate office building.

there are unconfirmed reports that might have taken place along the capitol ground. -- o know that the cap poll capitol is in lockdown. we want to hear from you. mike is joining fruss ashington. i think they need to get together but i'm thank thaffle the republicans have stood up and are fighting for the american people. it's important to understand that democrats don't run everything and they make decisions without considering the people's feelings. how they can open a door like that and walk through and say this is what you're going to be ack tomed to having and no choice in the matter.

another comment is i do not understand why they can exempt themselves saying it's good for the people but it's not good for the people in the white house. host: thanks for the call. i want to show this aphotograph. this was tweeted out from somebody inside the capitol. you can see a capitol hill police officer spread eeg on the steps making sure that area has been protected. we are hearing reports from capitol police this is an active shooter situation. which means the shooter is still out there which is why this is in a lockdown situation. but again let me emphasize this is early information. we'll try to get it to you based on what we're able to hear. you can just hear police radio s ecoing through the second floor of the capitol. t is very quiet otherwise.

join joining us from georgia. caller: the republican shutdown, they are to blame for it. if they want to help veterans and their families they need to pass this clean c.r. my daughter is 34 years old almost and this obama care will help her to get insurance which she has been denied since she was 18 because of the preexisting condition. host: thanks very much. the streets are now completely empty on capitol hill except for armed police officers. we're going to rejoin wtop here in washington, d.c. >> we'll keep you updated on any details as we get them. it's 2:42. they are now on a commercial break so we'll go back when they

have new information. let's go back to more of your phone calls. ron from michigan. caller: i'd like to make two points. first of all, if i had a group of friends say 40 of us that got together and had plans to do any harm to the government like these republicans have done, i'm afraid we'd be hauled off to prison. so it seems to me like congressmen can do anything to danger our country and make us vulnerable and they are exempt from any kind of punnishment. second, what would the tea party and mr. ted cruz have to say if it was 40 or 50 or 60 muslim americans that got elected to congress and they banded together and shut the government down? host: thanks very much. this from the secret service that have closed all -- let's go back to wtop here in washington,

d.c. >> we have a massive police presence along constitution between first and second right now. >> we were talking to dave mcconnell a moment ago. he made it to a window and was describing a parade of police cars and fire trucks. they were told to stay where they were. dave was trying to get out. the police wouldn't let him. capitol police is making sure everybody inside the capitol building stays there and nobody is getting in. there were reports of shots fired and that's all we know at this point. we are struggling to get any kind of information in terms of what happened. but we may be learning a little more from our national security correspondent. >> j.j. green just walked into

the studio. he's been trying to get details for us. what do you know now? >> there are very few concrete details at this point. everything we're learning is very fluid and we're not certain of any of it. but one thing for sure is there an active shooter on the hill at this point. there have been shots fired. there have been stretchers seen. we're not sure whether the person or persons on the stresmer was injured but there is for certain as you know a significant amount of chaos on capitol hill and it is on lockdown. other staffers from within the capitol have confirmed the same thing saying they don't know much about what is happening but i can assure you that police think there were some shots fired somewhere on capitol hill. i'm thinking based on some of the information somewhere near second and constitution, the heart senate office building.

>> we're watching monitors and there is somebody on a stretcher being wheeled by on that road just to the north of the capitol on second street. we don't know how that person was injured but clearly something has happened. there were reports of at least one law enforcement officer fire. truck during the they say it's an active shooter. there is one person on a stretcher and we don't know how that person was injured. >> about 20 minutes ago we got reports of shots fired at the capitol hill complex. senate and constitution avenues northeast and we have had reports of several people injured and one capitol police officer injured. these are unconfirmed reports. a.p. providing some of that detail right now. there is a massive police

presence outside the capitol complex. >> we can colonel tell you what we see other than the wire services information and that is a sea of police cars. there are fire engines and ambulances and one person who is being put on the park police helicopter for transport. we don't know whether that person was struck by gunfire or injured some other way. clearly the scene down there on second and constitution at the hill, that whole area is quite chaotic as people stay inside and there are other people on the streets nearby. >> this brings up the memories of 1998 when there was a shooting incident on capitol hill. this one was much more serious that we know of. it was detectivive john gibson eugene west ussell on the entered the white house and fired shots. there was quite an event.

at this point we don't know if anything has been this serious in this particular incident. however, we have the government shutdown going on right now. things are tense not only here in washington but all over the country. >> i've got to say, the story is unfolding and we won't know the details for quite some time yet. but watching this unfold i think is emotionally traumatic for a lot of people particularly regarding the navy yard shooting was only a couple of weeks ago. >> that's right. we will keep on top of the situation for you here on capitol hill. >> our thanks to wtop. you are looking at a live view of the capitol. that is a helicopter now leaving the scene. there is a lockdown on the campus of the u.s. capitol including the senate and house office buildings and a sea of police officers around capitol

hill. we are just a few blocks away but this is what it looks like near constitution avenue and just a few office buildings away from the u.s. capitol. if you are just tuning in, there are reports of shots fired. jake who is following the story for politico announced that police announcing there have been reports of gunfire on capitol hill. people have been asked to sheltner place and move away from doors and windows. the report from capitol hill police gunshots have been reported on capitol hill requiring all occupants in all house and senate office buildings to shelter in place. the associated press reported there was at least one injured police officer. guards immediately told members on the balcony to step inside. bill posey of florida said that he heard five or six gunshots. it went boom, boom, boom. jackie is tweeting out what she

saw and heard. they were talking about the shutdown when they heard the shots fired. these are live scene frs capitol hill when shots were fired about 25 minutes ago. the gavel came down and the house and senate immediately put into recess. you heard this coming on the heels of the shooting that took place just a short while aago from the navy yard about one mile away. this is what the scene looks like. both the house and senate now in recess. we are going to rejoin wtop, the all new station here in washington, d.c. and also a remind they're we're collecting your thoughts about all of this on our facebook page. it's -- we'll come back to wtop here in washington, d.c. > i would say about a 15%.

increasing clouds on sunday but the rain not happening on manned. e have cloud and 81 degrees in d.c. wtop. breaking news from >> cbs news special report. gunshots have been fired near the u.s. capitol. at least one capitol police officer has been injured and there is an unconfirmed report that a shooter has been taken into custody. >> this incident appears to have occurred outside the heart senate office building, one in which senators have their office as tatched by tunnels. this is one of the most heavily guarded places in the country and police have swarmed the streets. the house and senate both recessed and members of the

congress and 240us of staff members were told to stay in their offices. it is not clear at this point there is any remaining danger. >> the white house was put on lockdown as a routine precaution and the area in front of the executive mansion was cleared of pedestrians. cbs news special report. >> now we go live to capitol hill and dave mcconnell who is locked inside. >> we're not allowed to move although i have been able to move inside the building, took a look outside the windows and saw the huge police presence. we are getting the same information that cbs is getting that we have passed out to you. there is a huge police presence here. what we're looking at is an incident outside of the heart senate office building. it's the most northern eastern most building. it's down a block or two from the capitol and that is where they are focusing their attention today. a report of one police officer

involved, shot in the situation. members of the senate has recessed for the day. the house has recessed for the day. there is no legislative activity. members are staying whenever they can at this point in time. if they were in their offices they are staying there otherwise they are staying here in the capitol. that's where i am. and we are trying to get more information. this is a shocking thing. it comes on the heels of a government shutdown which has most people here demoralized. and one of the heavily guarded areas in the united states, probably in the world. the fact that in 1998 two police officers were killed when an asail nt came into the capitol and gund them down. this was outside the capitol but it's astounding to think something like this could happen at this point in time. >> when you got the word there were shots fired, describe the

scene inside the building. >> people scurrying around, police officers coming around from everywhere. telling people to be calm but not to move very much. we went in a lockdown situation. it's get ready for something bad and that's what they are doing knowing well what's happened in the past. >> have police shared anything with you? >> they have not. the information is not coming out in easy way. what we're doing is picking up what we know from sources. we expect a statement from the police officers here, the public information people. but all they've said so far is there has been an incident with shots fired and that's pretty much it, an officers perhaps involved. >> dave mcconnell recapping the breaking news story of the hour. there have been several shots fired outside the u.s. capitol complex on the senate side.

we are getting the report that it happened near the heart senate office building. at least one police officer is reported injured after the gunshots rang out and we are getting word that several people have been injured. >> we have learned that the white house is on lockdown. >> thanks to wtop for allowing us to share with you their coverage of this developing story. you are looking at live pictures on capitol hill. -- shooting cident incident appeared to begin around 2:19 p.m. when police officers were seen running from the basement to the first floor. there are unconfirmed reports of a series of shots fired and also a report from the associated press that the suspect is now in custody. there are reports of an incident just a few blocks away at the white house. >> jennifer gibson is joining us

from politico. we realize a lot of information coming in a short time but what can you tell us? >> we are here at the capitol and many of us were working in a gallery in the basement. there was a flurry of police. we heard the radio s and i walked in the hallway and a cop began yelling take coffer. we went into the room and locked the door and at that point we were alerted there had been shots fired and told to stay where we were and we have yet to leave. >> we are getting a lot of pictures including one of what appears to be a capitol hill police vehicle that appears to be damaged in some sort of attempt to get to the suspect or suspects. you can imagine related to this story that began to break about 32 minutes ago. >> unfortunately i'm in a

basement with no windows and i can't see anything outside. the alarms are still going off in the building. we are still being instructed via that siren stound stay where we are and to not try to leave, not just the building but the room where we are all located. >> we do know according to c.n.n. the incident involved a car chase and ended when the driver got out of the car and was fired on. according to the associated press the person or persons involved have either been apprehended or possibly injured. this is early information. we just don't know. >> at this point there is not a lot of details. this is happening in a place with more reporters than anywhere else. we are all clam moring to get information but we're waiting for more details listening for the radio s and unable to see what is going on or leave the

building to see what is going on outside. >> we're going to rejoin wtop but to put this day into perspective. it was government shutdown day three. >> that has been all of the attention. right before this happened the house had just finished voting to fund a small piece of government. a lot of reporters who i is it next to were not back downstairs from that round of voting. so it was all government shutdown until the alarm started sounding and it disrupted the day. >> we know security has been tight around the capitol and white house. all drivers -- all pedestrians have been asked to move away from the white house and northwest gate at the white house has been shut down. >> yes and both chambers of congress have shut down. they are no longer speaking on the floor. we understand that senators who

were talking to reporters were told by police to move, to get into a safe place. there was a very quick response from capitol police on the hill to get everyone locked down and make sure everyone was safe. >> we'll rejoin wtop. >> heavy to the point where you need to divert yourself early rather than try to get through. what is not clear is whether we can get to or from union station . the capital beltway's, maryland and virginia, and no early issues on the roadway. volume,ents other than and mostly in separate stretches.

the forecast for tonight, cloudy skies, warm, looking for overnight lows. wtop doing traffic and weather, and an expanded edition because of all the news. >> all-news, all the time. this is 99 .1, w any w, washington cost -- wnew newsradio.s shots fired on capitol hill, and lawmakers were in lockdown. abc also reports the immediate threat is over. a car apparently tried to ram the gate of the white house. we have a reporter on the way

there. abc reports a female suspect is dead on the scene. mid the 80's down to the 60's tomorrow, possibly warmer and more humid tomorrow. wall street shows markets falling again today. the dow was down 120. nasdaq off more than 40. the s&p 500 has slipped 14. tonight is the washington capitals home opener against -- is a cbs affiliate. again, if you are just joining pictures fromlive capitol hill in what is a lockdown situation. getting reports that the lockdown has been lifted and we will try to get more information on exactly what is happening. for those that remember what happened in july of 1998, a number of capitol hill police officers were killed when eugene

weston entered the u.s. capitol and began to open fire. the officers were killed instantly. officer dixon died during washingtongeorge hospital. that led to construction of the visitor center. is someg in, there activity on capitol hill with reporters trying to get more information. c-span.erage here on >> i did not see anybody with a car. >> what road was the car coming down? >> the road on the backside of the capital. >> what kind of car wasn't? >> a two-door coupe. i could not identify the make or model. i saw two or three police cars tear after the car. could you see the people in the car? >> no. >> what is your name?

>> peter. >> how old are you? >> 35. >> where are you from? >> maryland. do you work? >> i am a worker on furlough who i came down to tour the supreme court today. >> can you talk about where you first heard the commotion. >> probably about 50 yards from me. traffic circle. apparently, the car was stopped. the police responded. not see the car at the time. i did not know why the police were going there. shortly after they arrived, i heard gunshots and then the car towardt of the area back this direction. >> you did not see why model car? >> i just saw that it was a dark hollered two-door -- dark- colored two-door coupe.

>> what was the relationship between the coupe and the shooter? >> i don't know. the scene at the time? >> i was not checking the clock. it was sometime between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. they may have been related. >> how many shots were fired? >> four or five. >> you heard the sound? >> yes. i knew the police were probably there for some reason. it never occurred to me it was a shooting. [indiscernible] i have not seen a black car at all. >> how rapid were the shots? >> quite rapid. >> did you see anybody shot? >> no. >> what is your name? >> peter plack. >> age.

>> 34. >> and you work for? >> the u.s. government. >> and you are on furlough? again, the scene just outside the u.s. capitol. the lockdown has been lifted. fired outside the capitol. there are three injuries and the suspect is reportedly dead. , the, that is from wnew cbs affiliate here in washington, d.c. frank doran of nbc news has sent out this tweet. the lockdown is over. we will rejoin wtop. now, we are waiting to see what capitol police are going to be telling us. they are going to have a news conference in a few moments, we

understand. there is pandemonium here, people scurrying around, people wondering how serious the situation is. there are still sharp memories of what happened in 1998 when two officers were gunned down by an assailant who actually got into the first floor of the capitol and got into majority atder tom delay's office, least into an anteroom. killedere other people in the incident. people still think about it and they wonder how something like this could happen and what is probably the most heartily guarded lace in the united states. >> thank you. also memories fresh about what happened at the navy yard last month. the scene outside, pandemonium. the scene inside, pandemonium. andrew has made his way to capitol hill and is near the

scene. what is the situation? >> i am at third and constitution northeast, about a block or two from the incident. one of the things we have been doing is talking to neighbors who heard the shots go off. of course, we are talking about 40 minutes ago, roughly. what i am hearing for multiple people is they are describing hearing seven or eight shots very quickly in succession. each person we have talked to had the same story. certainly, we cannot get an exact number of shots at this point, but those in the area talked about seven or eight shots. as far as what is taking place here, things have calmed down somewhat. still trying to sort out what took place in the last hour. reporting live. >> thank you, andrew. we're getting word from the white house that president obama has been briefed on the gunfire iscapitol hill and staff monitoring the incident.

we are monitoring the incident as well so keep it right here for the very latest. >> thank you so much. if you missed the top of this, it all started apparently with the police chase to 15th and pennsylvania. there was a driver who struck a barrier. eventually itnd ended with gunfire, although at this point it is not clear who was shooting. >> we have heard reports from 6, 7, up to 15 shots. the senate office building side near the hart senate office building where we heard those shots. the first reports came down about 2:19 p.m. this afternoon. a pressxpecting conference shortly on capitol hill. for allowingwtop us to share with you their coverage of this story from

washington. as you heard from the recap, all of this began at about 219 p.m. this afternoon. we do know that the vehicle involved was first near the white house. chase up a car pennsylvania avenue. a lot of pictures coming in, including this one, capitol hill police officers spread eagle on the ground, making sure no one enters the u.s. capitol. we are monitoring tweets, including this one that says a toward thes way capital. police fired at what was described as a black sedan. you the scene live outside the u.s. capitol. that resulted in an immediate lockdown for the house and the senate. scene along constitution avenue. it appears that vehicle was involved in the incident. let me read to you what the associated press is now reporting, a summary of what

happened in the last hour. a police officer was reported injured after gunshots at the u.s. capitol locked down the entire complex. bob casey telling reporters he was watching from the capital in the senate building across the street when he noticed police officers driving fast up constitution avenue on motorcycles. within seconds of that, he heard three, 4, 5 pops he assumed were gunshots. ordered him to crouch behind a car for protection. in about two minutes, officers moved everyone into the capital and the senate sergeant at arms, who by the way as a former washington, d.c. police chief, said there are reports of injuries. this is two weeks after a mentally disturbed employee terrorize the navy yard, leaving 13 people dead, including the gunman himself.

the associated press reports the house up abruptly went into recess. the senate also suspended business. we are going to rejoin wtop. firedumber of shots were in the capitol complex was put on lockdown, which has now been lifted. bill plante says the incident began near the white house. >> the driver, presumably a into theied to ram east gate of the white house. she was pursued by the secret service down to capitol hill. the driver, i am told, was shot, at not until she had run down police officer. >> the president was briefed on the shooting. the incident comes several weeks after a dozen people were killed in a shooting at the u.s. navy yard.

>> we are waiting for a news conference to begin shortly on what happened. was a just heard, there .oman, a traffic altercation capitol hill police ended up shooting this woman at point and a capitol hill police officer was injured at some point during the car chase. we saw a police officer being airlifted by helicopter out of the area. we have no word on his condition right now. we have reports of several injuries, but we do not have confirmation of that as yet. this all started around 2:19 p.m. this afternoon. that was the first word we got that there were shots fired outside the hart senate building on capitol hill. put ontely, the area was lockdown. they have now lifted the

lockdown on capitol hill. >> the house abruptly when into recess. lawmakers left the chambers, but because the capital was on lockdown, no one was able to leave the building. in the meantime, outside the building in short order the streets were awash in a lease cars. the police helicopter was waiting to make a transport. fire trucks and emergency management vehicles were in the district. and then there were law enforcement officials carrying automatic weapons and looking for anybody else that could be a threat. >> police obviously had this under control in a very short amount of time. capitol hill not only being a place of government business, it is a neighborhood. there are a lot of schools in that neighborhood. we have gotten word that schools have dismissed as usual, nothing out of the ordinary for the kids

getting out of school this afternoon. it appears that capitol police have the situation under control at this point. we still see a very big police presence on the hill, but as far as any other act timidly, we do not see any. we are standing by -- any other activity, we do not see any. we will bring you news as we have it. >> wtop is the all-news radio station and we have been listening to their coverage of the story. again, as shooting about an hour ago began near the white house and ended just about a block and a half from the u.s. capitol up near the hart senate building. these are live pictures. the lockdown, as you heard has been lifted. it lasted about 30-35 minutes.

in about 15 minutes, we will get more official details about what happened. the house is in recess, subject to the call of the chair. that happened when the first shooting took ways. it is a similar situation for the u.s. senate. chambers are scheduled to come back this afternoon. from the huffington post there is this. the president was briefed on reports of gunfire this afternoon. he had just one public event today. he went to maryland to criticize republicans for refusing to continuingan resolution. there is some speculation now congressional schedule will be like for the

weekend. both sides are at odds on to -- on how to reach an agreement on the budget. senator bob casey, as we said earlier, was walking alongside the capitol when he heard the shots fired. hide behind a to vehicle. inside the capital, we remember in the late 1990s when a couple of police officers were killed when a gun man entered the capital. is now a visitor center where you enter first. it is a way to make the capital more secure. we go back to live coverage from p.o >> she tried to ram the gate and that is when police went into action. >> apparently it was a small

black sedan she was driving near the capital. that not onlyng did she try to ram the gate, but she injured a police officer who was airlifted to a local hospital for treatment. the lease are reporting that the driver, -- police are reporting that the driver, a woman, was shot, but we do not know anything else. >> the senate was put under immediate lockdown, as was the capital itself. it stayed under lockdown for more than half an hour. now that lockdown has been lifted. the white house was put under lockdown as a precaution as well. that lockdown lifted as well. in capitol hill neighborhood surrounding, kids have been let out of school as scheduled, so there is no problem in the neighborhoods as capitol police have the situation under control

in very short order. theiris probably around intimate dating site for kids as they go home this afternoon -- rather intimidating cipher kids as they go home this afternoon because the roads are -- site thisids as they go home afternoon because the roads are filled with police officers. once again, the area is no longer locked down, but this -- scene isl filled still filled with law- enforcement. by for a newsding conference from capitol hill police to sort out details which are still sketchy and scattered. we do know that one police officer was injured in this chase and shooting. we will get you the latest from cbs in just a couple of minutes. they go to traffic and weather, we want to bring you up to date on what you are looking

at. this is the scene on constitution avenue near the capital. biden was in the house republicans cloak room, -- just steps from the floor, when the shooting took place. some lawmakers said seven or eight shots were fired and they seem to be coming from the area of the rayburn house building. to theknow it was closer hart senate building. we know at least one person was injured in the shooting. nbc news pete williams tweeted that it began at the white house and led to the car chase. conference schedule to get underway in about 10 minutes, we will have that live -- live here and

on c-span. the house is scheduled to come back later this afternoon, and we will have that for you as well. according to reports, the shooting is related to what happened at the white house, a driver tried to drive through ae barricade that blocks stretch of pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house. down.lvania is shut it was shut down after the oklahoma city bombing during the clinton administration and more security measures have been put in place since then. these are the pictures from constitution avenue. the lockdown has been lifted. s ofe were confirmation gunshots being fired.

the shooter is dead, according to cbs. we are told that the house will be back in eight or nine minutes. we will have that for you around 3:30 p.m. and police will update in aone on what happened live news conference. again, a lockdown is in place. -- is no longer in place. >> all the way down to capitol hill. at some point on capitol hill, a shot was fired, or more than one shot, one of which we injured the driver of the car. at the same time, the driver of the car injured a capitol police officer, either by hitting or in some fashion. >> unconfirmed reports say the suspect has been killed. president obama has been briefed on the incident and white house

staff is monitoring the situation. wakes we are standing by for the very latest on what happened in the past half-hour. jj green has been collecting details of what happened. what do you know? >> the first thing we heard was near the hartened office building, second, constitution avenue. dark vehicle was reported trying to run a vehicle -- run through a barricade at the white house. that started a rare police chase. someone emerged from the vehicle. we are hearing that it was a woman. shots were fired. not sure who fired first or how many shots were fired or if more than one person fired. there were injuries. a police officer has been taken

for medical care. not sure if that had to do with the shooting or the car accident that had to -- that may have been part of the situation. that is where we stand right now. there was a lot of confusion after the vehicle tried to run a barricade near the white house. >> reuters is reporting that the woman was killed during the shooting. all? know anything at nothing at this point. it is too early. >> i cannot say for sure what her situation is. i do know that shots were fired. i was told that the woman who got out of the car was fired on. chaseas after the police initiated by a secret surface -- secret service officer and other law enforcement. >> one of the things you cover andow police, military

secret service try to train for these situations. from reports we get at this point, how quickly police acted and got this situation under control. forhey have a plan in place almost every contingency, if there is a shooting, an explosion, a man-made disaster or event, they have certain people that do certain things at certain times. they see warning signs and react to. a vehicle dangerously close to the old executive office building or the white house taking off after trying to crash where theyf those know there has to be some type of person you. they are very good at that type of pursuit. they have restrictions and rules that apply. they have steep training curves to do that kind of chase through

the crowded streets of washington. they are always on their game when it comes to anything out of the ordinary. the secret service is very well- trained, the best in the world. >> we should underscore for those of you listening that the lockdown is over at the capitol. shots were fired just outside the hart office building. one police officer was injured in a police chase and we are still waiting for a news conference for more detail. >> the sergeant at arms for the senate, who used to lead the capitol police, said there are reports of injuries. we do not have a confirmed number, other than the police in thatwho was injured incident, but we will have that for you when we get it here in our continuing coverage. the all-news radio

station here in washington, and we have been monitoring their coverage. plan to adjourn for the day according to a senior democratic aide, but we are told that the house will be coming back momentarily at about 3:30 p.m. eastern. we're also going to be getting a news conference with capitol hill police officers and others to update what happened. ont news conference will be c-span.org. if you are just tuning in, and incident began at the white pennsylvania and avenue. it resulted in a car chase along pennsylvania avenue, ending at constitution avenue. you can see the road from the white house to the capitol on this map.

according to abc news, there was a tv inside. the child is safe. the woman driving was shot and killed according to abc news. now rejoin wtop. >> once again, the capital and no longer on lockdown after a situation that broke about 40 minutes ago where shots were fired. to andrew at third and constitution. >> we are set up just a couple blocks from where the incident about coming up on just an hour ago. i can tell you that the scene is dramatically different from what it was an hour ago when all of capitol hill was trying to figure out what the shots were and what the situation was. the scene now is relatively

calm. a sensesee there is that this may be over. there does not seem to be an urgency and the chaos that characterized the area about an hour ago. this started with a driver , trine to barricade get to the white house. shots were fired. perhaps there was another pursue when they were chasing each other on foot. we understand a person was shot. number ofd to the shots, i have heard anywhere from 6-12. obviously it is going to be difficult to pinpoint a number down, but what they do describe is it quick succession of is whatfired, and that has this area on lockdown and very worried. right, andrew is live

from third and constitution near the senate complex where the shooting took ways this afternoon. we are going to get more details from cbs and we are standing by for a news conference that will take place shortly. >> now back to the floor of the house. they have reconvened for the afternoon session. we've had a reminder again of how much we owe our men and women in uniform, i want to express our gratitude to our mep and women in uniform who keep our streets safe every day and say that our hearts and prayers are with those injured officers today and to express our immense gratitude, each and every one of them all over the

country and our men and women in uniform around the world who make it possible for us to be here today in the greatest deliberative democracy ever in the history of humanity. we owe it all to our men and women in uniform. i would like to ask for a moment of silent prayer for the officers injured today. the speaker pro tempore: would all members rise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. we are here today to work arm in arm in support of our men and women in uniform and i'm pleased at this time to yield one minute to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. roe: i thank the chairman for yielding. i associate my remarks with the chairmanism rise in strong support of the legislation on the floor today. what we have before us today is an opportunity to keep the faith with america's veterans, of which i am one, and ensuring the funding for disability payments, g.i. bill, which i use, education training, and v.a. home loans. no mat what -- no what ther what your thoughts are on the impasse, we owe our veteran this is much. this nouths become a partisan issue. there are real debates to be had but that's not what we're doing now. northeast tennessee has a long history of military service and hosts mountain home v.a. medical center, one othey have finest such facilities in the country. when i visit them, i don't see republics or democrat, i see

patriots who answered the call, did their duty and then came home to make a life. let's make sure they all get the support they need and i urge my colleagues to vote yes. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. >> at this time i'm delighted to yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price, the ranking member of the homeland security subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. price: madam speaker, i have the privilege of representing one of the most military friendly and veteran friendly areas of the country, north carolina. so i'm glad our republican colleagues are concerned with maintaining funding for our nation's veterans. but it's too bad they didn't think a little more about the v.a. before forcing this government shutdown on us monday night. and now it's too bad they're not showing equal concern for the more than half a million veterans who now serve their country as federal employees.

many of whom have been sent home on furlough and now have bills piling up. the or the veterans small business owners whose small business loans are on hold. or the veteran parents whose kids are turned away from head start or the veterans earning their graduate degrees whose research labs have been closed of of course we need to restore full funding for the v.a. so it can restore its full array of services to our nation's veterans to whom we owe a special debt of gratitude an support. but veterans want the same thing all americans want. for taos reopen the entire government so they can get on with their lives as parents and workers an members of their communities. you don't have to take my word for it in a letter sent this morning to the bipartisan congressional leadership, the heads of several major veterans organizations write, and i quote, our organization and the veterans we represent will no longer tolerate veterans lev --

congress levranling veteran's health and well being for their own ends. in the succinct words of the spokesman for the veterans of foreign wars. the v.a. needs to be fully funded, not piecemeal, not used as leverage. let's dispense with political theater and this piecemeal approach that fails to end the shutdown. the senate has approved a clean funding bill that will pass the house easily this afternoon. if the speaker will simply let it be voted on. it's time to get on with this business that the american people elected us to do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 3233, an act to extend the period in which iraqis employed by the united states government in iraq may be granted special immigrant stratus and to temporarily

increase the foor o-- fee for processing machine readable nonimmigrant visas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is ecognized. >> i yield one minute to the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> under sequestration, this white house mandated that civil -- civilian defense workers be furloughed even when agencies had the money po pay the employee, many of whom are veterans. mr. lamb bomp: today the white house has -- mr. lamborn: today the white house has again chosen to furlough those employees against the will and intent of congress. earlier this week, all of nuss congress passed a bipartisan bill which the president signed to expressly protect the pife active duty military, civilian defense employees and designated defense contractors. the pentagon can put these

workers back on the job today but the white house is choosing to furlough our critical civilian defense workers. the obama administration is also eroding our national security by choosing to furlough 70% of the civilian employees at our intelligence agencies this is unnecessary. the law is now on the books to put civilians back to work to protect our national defense. let's do it. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from texas reserves. he gentleman from georgia. >> at this time i would like to extend our condolences and express our appreciation to the sergeant at arms as and the capitol police for their hard work in making sure that the people who work in this capitol and members and visitors are safe. we appreciate their vigilance during the recent incident.

at this time, i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. farr, a ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee on agriculture. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. farr: thank you, mr. speaker. give us back our committee. give us back our chairman. mr. culberson worked with all of us on both sides of the aisle for six months to do a veterans' propings bill. this is not it. this is a disastrous bill ecause this cuts $2.6 billion. out of the bill we passed this doesn't help veterans. this is game playing. our appropriations committee is supposed to have 12 bills on this floor. we have none. we don't have a single one just to pass to keep government open. we've never done this before. never. no preconditions ever in the history like this. we have a good committee. we have a good chairman.

give us back the process. give us back an ability to keep this government open, defeat this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. he gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: i yield one and a half minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, a member of the appropriations committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one and a half minutes. mr. schiff: as we approach the end of the first week of the g.o.p. shutdown, i want to highlight the impact it's having on one sector of our government, the intelligence community. as director clapper and others made clear in the hearing yesterday, 07% of key analysts have been forced to leave their posts.

this is irresponsible, tragic and most painfully, completely avoidable. house republicans now say they'll put up a bill funding veteran bus not the intelligence agencies, or tomorrow the intelligence agencies but not the f.b.i. or the f.b.i. but not the department of homeland security or d.h.s. and n.i.h. but not the department of justice. this is ridiculous, senseless, and reckless. let's be honest about what the house leadership is really saying. we will choose, hostage by hostage, which agency of the government we will release and do so only to buy time until the ransom we want, we get, the repeal of an unrelated health care reform. as our intelligence analysts -- analysts and others sit idol -- idle, others do not. those devising new ways to attack our homeland, allies and innocent civilians arn the world are not on hiatus, they are working hard and so must we. end the reckless shutdown now.

put the intelligence agencies back to work. put all americans back to work. end the endless series of manmade, avoidable, and irresponsible crises that threaten our country and our economic recovery. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from georgia reserves. mr. bishop: may i inquire how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia has five and a half, the gentleman from texas has seven. the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: i want to point out that the only question before the house today is yes or no, whether or not you support funding our veterans. this is not complicate the veterans administration said they'll run out of money unless we pass this legislation today to make certain that our veterans who have earned these important benefits receive them. at this time i'm pleased to yield one and a half minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr.

south every lynn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one nd a half minutes. mr. southerland: i'm proud to represent florida's second district. the bill today says we'll support you, not just for what you need today but for what you did in your past. what our veterans did in their past was join arms with fellow americans and went to fight for a principle. a principle of no special treatment. they believe deeply in the declaration of independence that says we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. mr. speaker, i'm proud today to join arm in arm with our veterans to say we agree with that principle. it is time, it is time that we reestablish the deeply held belief that there is one standard that should apply to all americans, not two standards, not a ruling class, and the majority of americans

that have to serve them. there is but one standard. i applaud our veterans. i thank them for their sacrifice. i believe this bill, honoring our promise to america's veterans act, is the only thing that is right and principled in this chamber today. i urge my colleagues to vote yes in just a few moments on this bill, honoring our veterans. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maine, many michaud, ranking member of the veterans affairs committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. michaud: i rise today in opposition to this bill, which is nothing more than a political poil. -- ploy. my colleagues on the other side of the isle said a vote against this bill is a vote to block veterans' services. it's actually this government shutdown which they have caused that has threatened v.a.'s

ability to provide services for our veterans. if republicans in this house are really serious about helping our veterans, then pass a clean c.r. and end this government shutdown they have caused. if they really want to guarantee veterans' services are adequate, they'd bring forward in this house h. reform 813 as amended to the floor this bipartisan bill would fund all the v.a. through future advanced appropriations and take this political football off the table forever. passing this bail -- that bill will help make sure that veterans will no longer be used like they are being used today as the pawns of a political party scheme. this is outrageous and i would encourage my republican colleagues to bring up h.r. 813 as amended to the full floor so we can stop playing political football with the men and women who serve this great nation of ours. it's unbelievable that you'd do

such a thing and if you think that you're convincing the b.s.o.'s that if we don't fund this, then we're not supporting veterans, they know the difference. they see through the political football. they are tired of it. not en-- i would encourage you to encourage the speaker to bring up once again h. reform 813 as amended, passed unanimously by the veterans affairs committee far full vote in this house. this is jut outrageous and it's nothing but a political gimmick today. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. members are remined to direct all comments and all remarks to the chair. the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: i want to remind all members that the veterans administration has said that funds for these benefits will expire at the end of this month. any time you have a disagreement you try to find areas where you can agree and that are especially important and set those aside, that's what we're doing today. the house majority brought this bill to the floor to ensure

that our veterans and their survivors receive their compensation benefits, it will ensure that families get their pensions a yes vote will ensure that three quarters of a million students will receive their post 9/11 g.i. education benefits, unemployed veterans receive their benefits and 67,000 veterans with disabilities will get their vayvow casal rehabilitation and other benefits they have earned through service to their country. the v.a. said the benefits will run out at the end of the month, we have chosen an area we are in complete agreement on, and brought it to the floor good faith and hope our colleague whips join us in voting yes or no. i'm pleased to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute and a alf.

mr. lamalfa: i thank my colleague from texas. we are here to honor our veterans, all americans by the job the work we do here. it's been shameful the last few days the veterans who come to washington, d.c., our world war ii veterans and korean veterans as well too to see themselves blockaded unnecessarily out of what is theirs over the politics of a shutdown. you know, we don't always get to do the perfect bill around this place. i see my democrat colleagues basically yelling at us over we want the perfect bill, we want it all in one. if we can find things we can agree on, including this bill, including the bills in the last couple of days, we can agree on this portion of any c.r. bill together, we can put this out and stop the hijinks, stop the politics, stop the games and get this agreement done because we all agree on this piece of legislation. it should be con, it's the right thing. -- it should be done, it is the

right thing. get them out of this mess, out of this pool of muck that we're in on fighting over this c.r., fighting over this shutdown. so let's agree today to get our veterans served and take the political football out, take the name calling out and get the job done. e're here to get the job done. this is one field at a time here. we can do this bill instead of holding each other hostage because the democrats want the perfect all-in-one bill. we can do the pieces we agreed on together. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: at this time i'm happy to yield one minute to the gentlelady from florida, ms. brown, a consistent advocate for veterans and a member of the veterans' affairs committee for over 20 years. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for one minute. ms. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. let's be clear, god has blessed

us with the best veterans in the world. but you know, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. and the veterans understand that if you vote for this bill, .t's a $6 billion cut what are you cutting? the office in charge of construction of v.a. facilities. office of inspector general. grants to the states for veterans' homes. cemeteries. state all veteran organizations have said there's a problem in the house of representatives. lack of leadership. bring a clean c.r. to the floor. let's vote it up. you are not fooling anybody. this is the republican

right-wing that is bringing this terrible instance to this country. no reason. bring up a clean c.r. clean c.r. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia eserves. mr. culberson: mr. speaker, i'd rise to simply say there are no cuts in the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: through december 15 at a level equal to the amount that we have already passed out of the house the first week of june. there are no cuts. we want to make sure these essential services continue for our veterans and they don't see any interruption in services. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to point out the fact that while the bill may do what my good friend has suggested, it doesn't fund all of the accounts. there are a number of accounts, as has been pointed out, time and time again that are not funded. may i inquire, mr. speaker, as to how much time is remaining?

the speaker pro tempore: yes. the gentleman from georgia has 2 1/4 minutes, and the gentleman from texas has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. bishop: i thank you. at this time i'd like to yield to the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: how much time would you like to yield? mr. bishop: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: one minute. the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: you know, mr. speaker, the republican party is a party with such a rich legacy. it's a party of abraham lincoln who saved this country. it's the party of dwight eisenhower who put the expressway and the interstate system together. it's a party of dierkson without whom we'd not have the civil rights act. it's the party of ronald reagan who sat down with tip o'neill. it's the party of george bush who gave us that medicare part d. i bring these things out

because i believe if all of these gentlemen were here, each one of them, they would say to you, please, let's cut this out. let's -- let your leader, mr. boehner, bring a clear, clean c.r.. for just six weeks, that's all we're asking. this is what this leadership would be. this is what mr. boehner wanted to do. john boehner is a decent man. that's what he wanted to do. i urge you to do what is right. honor the rich legacy of your party, and if the veterans -- you want to honor the veterans who gave their lives that fought for us, they would say, don't use us for a pawn here. open it up for all americans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia reserve? mr. culberson: if i may? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia

reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: we are funding the most essential part of the veterans administration where we have been told they will run out of money within the next 30 days. and we want to ensure that our veterans don't have a thing to worry about. we don't want their families, their children, their survivors to worry for one minute whether or not their benefits will be here. we bring this bill to the floor today to ensure they are taken care of, their peace of mind is secured and this is one area in support of our veterans where we can agree. i stress common courtesy and common sense tell us when you have a disagreement, you find those areas where you can come together and agree and put that behind you. and that's all this is, not complicated. let's vote together today to make sure that our veterans' programs are fully funded, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: at this time, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield one -- 30 seconds to my good friend, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the assistant democratic

leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you very much. i'm pleased that my friend will yield me 30 seconds. i just want to take a little time to say that i've been hearing from the veterans in my congressional district. i represent counties that have wo v.a. centers, veterans' centers. we have two of the most, i believe, effective veterans' service organizations in the country. and they tell me they do not witch to be pitted against their siblings and their spouses -- they do not wish to be pitted against their siblings and their spouses, they do not wish to be pitted against their children and grandchildren. let's not pick winners and losers. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman from texas reserves. mr. bishop: i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: mr. speaker, h.j.res. 59, the senate clean bill, includes all programs administered by the v.a. let me repeat, all programs. the senate didn't -- it continues operations of the entire federal government. anemic ther hand, the h.j.res. 72 that we're voting on here, the medical research account is not included, construction is not included, office of the secretary, appeals not included. inspector general not included. i.t. account not included. grants to state veterans' homes, state cemeteries, not included. enough of these games. let's pass a c.r. let's do our work. let's finish our work. let's fund the government and put these workers back to work.

i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: mr. speaker, can i inquire as to how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has two minutes. mr. culberson: mr. speaker, it's important to remember as we have done in the house and the senate has already done by unanimous consent, we have paid our active duty military. their salaries are paid so they don't have to worry about it as they stand on the walls of rome in defense of our freedom. today we bring this legislation to the floor to be sure that past generations of our military men and women who have served this country and defended our freedom, made it possible for us to be here today, that their benefits are fully funded. we've been told straight up by the v.a. that the items that are before the house today will run out of money before the end of this month. this is not complicated. it truly is common sense and common courtesy to find those areas of agreement, set those aside, do those in priority order. we've made sure the current generation of military men and women are paid. we are now today making sure that our veterans, previous

generations, are fully compensated for survivor benefits, for low-income veterans, for student -- 9/11, g.i. benefits, for unemployed veterans. veterans with service-connected disabilities are taken care of. as my colleague from georgia knows, we've always worked arm in arm in support of our veterans, is find the areas where the help is needed the most urgently and set it aside and get it done now before these benefits run out. and the votes today are simple. yes, or no, will you support america's veterans and ensure they don't miss a minute, there's no bubble in the plipe of the benefits they've -- pipelines of the benefits they've earned. this is a simple yes or no vote in support of our veterans and i yield back the balance of my time and urge passage of the legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 370, the previous question is

ordered. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the joint resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: joint resolution making continuing appropriations for veterans' benefits for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentlewoman opposed to the joint resolution? object.worth: i the clerk: ms. duckworth of illinois moves to move the oint resolution, house joint resolution 72, to move it back to the house forthwith with the following amendment, strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following -- that upon passage of this joint resolution by the house of representatives -- ms. duckworth: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise? mr. culberson: i'd like to have the -- have it read. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read. the clerk: house joint resolution 59, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. as amended by the senate on september 27, 2013, shall be considered to have been taken from the speaker's table and the house shall be considered to have, one, recreeded from its amendment and, -- receded from its amendment and, two, concurred in the senate amendment. mr. culberson: i reserve a point of order on the gentlewoman's amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized for five minutes in support of her motion. ms. duckworth: thank you, mr. speaker. it appears that the chairman has resigned himself to keeping government shut down for 30 days so the v.a. will run out of money in that 30 days' time. to ensure that the v.a. doesn't run out of money in 30 days is to pass a clean c.r. to reopen

all of government. mr. speaker, i want to -- i've spent every moment since waking up in my hospital bed at walter reed defending our veterans. i know when they're being exploited. mr. speaker, the bill we are debating isn't a serious or respectful attempt to support our nation's heroes. it will not help veterans and in fact it does just the opposite. it cuts more than $6 billion in funds for the department of veterans affairs from the same bill that my colleagues and i passed 421-4 just earlier this year. i can't support this bill because it pits one veteran against another. it would continue pay out pension benefits at the cost of cutting medical and prosthetics research for wounded veterans. it would give veterans in the v.a. their health care, needed mental health services, which i applaud, but it leaves 800,000 of their brothers and sisters, my brothers and sisters, caught in the backlog where they would have to wait even longer to get

decision on their benefits. it would allow toops to access he crisis line but not allow the veterans cemeteries. this is unacceptable. it is shameful. we are -- it is shameful we are even considering responding to our veteran's service to our nation with a funding cut at a time when the need for services has been even greater. we don't fund government by pitting one group against another. a piecemeal deal to fund some veterans could still allow tricare to run out of funds. we're not a nation that would accept them to accept funding at the expense of children in head start.

a piecemeal approach tells thousands of veteran and their families that we will pay their salaries when they go to war but won't -- but won't feed their children. the idea that funding the v.a. will protect their benefits from the effects of the shutdown is not true. our veterans are also small business owners in elgin, illinois. they are students in addison. they are homeowners in hamover park. and many of them continue to serve their country as government employees. funding just part of the v.a. won't help those waiting on loans from the small business administration. let's put our politics aside and stop using our veterans as pawns. this approach will not meet the full range of needed, desperately needed, veterans services. it is no way to fund government. our veterans didn't leave their comrades behind on their field of battle and shame on us, shame on the majority, for leaving them and the nation to defend it without a government.

our nation is better than this. we are better than this i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this motion to recommit and please, please allow taos bring up the clean senate-passed continuing resolution that has the additional $6 billion of funding for our heroings, for our veterans. let's reopen the government to get back to the work of serving our nation. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: i make a point of order that the instructions contained in the motion violate clause 7 of rule 16 that requires an amendment be germane to the bill under consideration. the instructions contain a special order of business within the jures dix of the committee on rules and therefore the amendment is not jer main to the understood lying bill. i insist on my point of order. the speaker pro tempore: does the squom from illinois wish to be heard on the point of order. ms. duckworth: if you rule this

out of open does that mean we don't have a chance to open the entire federal government today. can the chair please explain why we can't keep the federal government open today. the speaker pro tempore: the chair is ready to make a ruling. the joint resolution extends funding relating to certain veterans benefits within a portion of fiscal year 2014. the instructions in the motion po pose aned or over business in the relating to funding for all other agencies and departments subject to the process for the remainder of the fiscal year. as the chair ruled earlier today and on october 2, 20 13rks a motion to recommit is not germane to a measure providing for appropriation of funds because such motion addresses a matter within the jurisdiction of a committee not represented in the underlying measure. here, the instructions propose a john for the -- a nongermane amendment, the point ofed orer point of e -- is su

order is sustained. mr. cull behrson: i move to lay the appeal on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to table. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. ms. duckworth: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this is a 15-minute vote on the motion to table. it will be followed by a five-minute vote on a joint resolution -- passage of the joint resolution if arising without further proceedings and recommital. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the

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white house to capitol hill. more details that will be on c-span 2. it will also behx=$í streamed oñ here on c-span we will open up the phone lines to get your thoughts on the funding of the federal government. the phone lines are for republicans -- the bill they'll vote on next, this partial funding of the department of veteran afares. democrats have been seeking to bring up a motion that the house consider what they call the clean c.r. that was ruled out of order by the chair. this is a procedural vote related to that. your calls coming up in just a moment. first the comment of the majority leader eric cantor.

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the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 225, the nays are 193, the motion is adopted. he house will come to order. the house will come to order. please cease all conversations. members please take their seats. members please clear the isles.

house will come to order, please cease all conversations, members please take a seat, clear the aisles, clear the well. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. at the outset, i know i join the majority leader in expressing our gratitude to the apitol police.

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, all too often we take for granted the folks who are prepared to put their own lives and safety at from harm's way not only those of us who work on capitol hill but those who visit their capitol. so i know that that round of applause was heart felt and deeply meant and we thank them. i yield to the majority leader before i ask him about the schedule. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman for yielding and concur with his thanks to the capitol police. and as well, each and every day, all of us benefit from their dedication and commitment to our safety, the people who visit this capitol and its

surroundings, to their safety and i know all of us want to extend that thanks and just to let them know, we really appreciate it. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i also, mr. speaker, i know again the majority leader, mr. sanford bishop, who himself gave such a tribute at the beginning of the last bill to the capitol police but also we want to thank the sernlt at arms, paul irving and all those who work with the program. -- with the sergeant at arms. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i know he may want to say a word on that as well but i yield to him now for the purposes of informing the members of the

majority leader's view of the schedule for the days to come. i yield to the majority leader. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman and as well on behalf of my colleagues on the majority side of the aisle i want to express our thanks to paul erving, the sergeant at arms office, an the entire team he heads up in this capitol for their tireless dedication to our safety and well, to our families' safety and well being. each and every one of us have been affected and touched by some threat or some risk at some time and again i want to express that gratitude to him and his team. mr. speaker, as to the gentleman's request about information on the schedule, we did put out an email indicating that we are going to go into morning hour tomorrow morning at 10:00, legislative business starts at 12:00, we will also be making an announcement as to the weekend schedule and what

we can expect for votes over the weekend system of with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the entleman for that information. the gentleman -- does the gentleman know how likely it is whether we'll be in -- obviously every member has a schedule they're trying to deal with that, inform their staffs of that, i know it's very difficult for the leader, i've been there, how difficult it is to anticipate but could you -- i've heard some comments that saturday is a probability but perhaps sunday is not. does the gentleman -- can he give clarification on that? mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we will announce in the morning what to expect as far as votes for the weekend. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields back. the question is on the passage of the joint resolution. those in favor say aye.

those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> on that i ask -- mr. visclosky: on that i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. without objection, this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 259, the nays are 157. the joint resolution is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at, tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and noon for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the ollowing personal request. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. jones of north carolina for today and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request s granted. he house will be in order.

the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask nab consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. he house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. shimkus: mr. speaker, i want to read a text i got from a friend and colleague from my state of illinois. john, i have firsthand experience that the premium for an individual health policy is almost double the price now on the exchanges in illinois. this person works for a health broker and her premium is going from $600 to $1,100 per month with blue cross. this is not good. i pray that you all ban

together, john, and stay the course, please. she's not the only one, john. all my clients' new premiums are going higher as well. and they want it -- if they want it at the same price, they have to pick a much larger deductible. the president's not telling the truth. i am praying for you, john, to hold the line. and, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? mr. defazio: address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. defazio: so, the republican majority, who have been stampeded by a radical minority of their conference, are continuing the game of whack-a-mole. every time something visible pops up on television about yet another federal agency and other -- and people having been disadvantaged, particularly when it affects are -- republican districts or constituencies, they have some concern about, they play whack-a-mole.

they know it's not going to happen, they know it's not going to be accepted but they're pretending to care. it's time to stop prepresent -- pretending to care and to really care. we just did a great applause for the capitol police. guess what, they're working, they're not getting paid. and they can't take leave. or be sick. because they're essential employees. and that's what's happening to every essential federal employee in this country. their life is being blown up. they're not getting paid, they can't take leave, they can't be sick. now, come on. this is not right. it's time to just allow this body to vote on a clean continuing resolution. what are you afraid of? are you afraid it would pass? temporarily fund the government until november 15? is that too much to ask? then you can negotiate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from indiana seek recognition?

without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as a member of the manufacturing caucus, i am pleased to rise in support of national manufacturing day on october 4. in northern indiana, we have a great story to share. according to the bureau of labor statistics, elk heart county was named number three on the u.s. department of commerce's list of counties with the fastest-growing job growth. much of this increase is attributed to the manufactures and suppliers that provide products and supply great jobs. mrs. walorski: i'd like to highlight one recent accomplishment of drew industries in oak heart. a parent company, this manufacturer supplier has strengthened our hoosier economy. together they employ a lot of people. the company plans to add 800 more jobs in 2017, expanding operations in elk heart. the manufacturing industry has put life back into northern indiana and once again hoosiers are leading wait and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition?

without objection, the gentlelady -- ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will dumb to order -- will come to order. the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, two heroes of mine, world war ii veterans, representative john dingell and senator robert dole, plainly said that piecemeal or partial spending plans do not adequately ensure that our veterans are served or protected. i have in my hand today a letter from the majority leader, mr. reid, who i thank him for his service, and a letter from our leadership, democratic leadership, here in the house. it simply pleads with the speaker of this body, rather than piecemeal the american dream, rather than respond in a way that leaves 8,000 federal employees unemployed, and got knows the tragedy of this poor person who came on the hill in a black car, no one knows what

drives this person to do. this but what i would say to you is let's get our wheels back on, serve the american people, bring them back, vote for a bill today that will open the government. i will stay here until we get that bill on the floor. piecemeal is undeserving of america. and all who we love. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, first, i want to take this time to thank our capitol police, sergeant of arms staff, local d.c. police, that provide for our safety every day. our prayers go out to those injured and involved in today's terrible incident. second, mr. speaker, article 1, section 9, clause 7 of the u.s. constitution explicitly states that no funds shall be drawn from the treasury without appropriations made by law. this is one of the few obligations that congress must meet annually and congress has